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CVE-2020-27827A flaw was found in multiple versions of OpenvSwitch. Specially crafted LLDP packets can cause memory to be lost when allocating data to…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 3.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 12% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
A flaw was found in multiple versions of OpenvSwitch. Specially crafted LLDP packets can cause memory to be lost when allocating data to handle specific optional TLVs, potentially causing a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 5 years later
· 5 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.2% · top 12% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
lldp/openvswitch
- affected lldpd 1.0.8, openvswitch 2.14.1, openvswitch 2.13.2, openvswitch 2.12.2, openvswitch 2.11.5, openvswitch 2.10.6, openvswitch 2.9.8, openvswitch 2.8.10, openvswitch 2.7.12, openvswitch 2.6.9
References
References8
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1921438 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://mail.openvswitch.org/pipermail/ovs-dev/2021-January/379471.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-941426.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-194-07 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- FEDORA-2023-88991d2713 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- FEDORA-2023-c0c184a019 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- FEDORA-2023-3e4feeadec (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- GLSA-202311-16 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2020-20326 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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