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CVE-2020-6059

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.2 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-02-04 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-190

Description

An exploitable out of bounds read vulnerability exists in the way MiniSNMPD version 1.4 parses incoming SNMP packets. A specially crafted SNMP request can trigger an out of bounds memory read which can result in sensitive information disclosure and Denial Of Service. In order to trigger this vulnerability, an attacker needs to send a specially crafted packet to the vulnerable server.

Affected products

• Minisnmpd Project Minisnmpd: 1.4

References

• https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0976
• https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-0976
• https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0976
• https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-0976

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