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high 7.5

CVE-2020-14258 json

HCL Notes is susceptible to a Denial of Service vulnerability caused by improper validation of user-supplied input.

published 5y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-6411

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.3%
EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 69%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

HCL Notes is susceptible to a Denial of Service vulnerability caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted email message to hang the client. Versions 9, 10 and 11 are affected.

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Exploit prediction

1.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

  • HCL HCL Notes

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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