This vulnerability allows remote attackers to create a denial-of-service condition on affected installations of ELOG Electronic Logbook 3.1…

published 2020-03-23 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-29701

cvss: 5.3; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 3.6%; EPSS 3.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits: 0; none known

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to create a denial-of-service condition on affected installations of ELOG Electronic Logbook 3.1.4-283534d. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the processing of HTTP parameters. A crafted request can trigger the dereference of a null pointer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to create a denial-of-service condition. Was ZDI-CAN-10115.

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Exploit prediction

3.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	5.3	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
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

ELOG Electronic Logbook

Classification

Weakness

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

References

elog.psi.ch /elogs/Forum/69114
vendor-advisory
zerodayinitiative.com /advisories/ZDI-20-252/
third-party-advisory, vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-8859
NVD CVE-2020-8859

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