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CVE-2020-13160

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 80.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-06-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-134

Description

AnyDesk before 5.5.3 on Linux and FreeBSD has a format string vulnerability that can be exploited for remote code execution.

Affected products

• AnyDesk: before 5.5.3 — fixed in 5.5.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: AnyDesk 5.5.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158291/AnyDesk-GUI-Format-String-Write.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161628/AnyDesk-5.5.2-Remote-Code-Execution.html
• https://devel0pment.de/?p=1881
• https://download.anydesk.com/changelog.txt
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158291/AnyDesk-GUI-Format-String-Write.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161628/AnyDesk-5.5.2-Remote-Code-Execution.html
• https://devel0pment.de/?p=1881
• https://download.anydesk.com/changelog.txt

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