Cyber Resilience

CVE-2020-24501

Medium

Published: 17 February 2021

Published
17 February 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0029 53.0th percentile
Risk Priority 13 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2020-24501 is a medium-severity Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120) vulnerability in Intel Ethernet Network Adapter E810 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 47.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Buffer overflow in the firmware for Intel(R) E810 Ethernet Controllers before version 1.4.1.13 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via adjacent access.

CWE(s)
CWE-120

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

intel
ethernet network adapter e810 firmware
≤ 1.4.1.13

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SC-27 Platform-independent Applications
addresses: CWE-120

Platform-independent managed code eliminates the need for unchecked native buffer copies that are the root cause of classic buffer overflows.

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