A buffer overflow vulnerability in SonicOS allows an authenticated attacker to cause Denial of Service (DoS) in the SSL-VPN and virtual ass…

published 2020-10-12 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-26383

cvss: 6.5; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.1%; EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 66%
public exploits: 0; none known

A buffer overflow vulnerability in SonicOS allows an authenticated attacker to cause Denial of Service (DoS) in the SSL-VPN and virtual assist portal, which leads to a firewall crash. This vulnerability affected SonicOS Gen 5 version 5.9.1.7, 5.9.1.13, Gen 6 version 6.5.4.7, 6.5.1.12, 6.0.5.3, SonicOSv 6.5.4.v and Gen 7 version 7.0.0.0.

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Exploit prediction

1.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD	2.0	4.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

SonicWall SonicOS

Classification

Weakness

CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input

References

psirt.global.sonicwall.com /vuln-detail/SNWLID-2020-0011
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-5136
NVD CVE-2020-5136

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