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CVE-2020-5734

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.5)—
Severity7.5High · CVSS 3.1
Exploitation probability25 %higher than 98% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

Classic buffer overflow in SolarWinds Dameware allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service by sending a large 'SigPubkeyLen' during ECDH key exchange.

CVSS

Base score
7.5
Version
3.1
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
25 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
98
Score date
11/3/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Solarwinds — Dameware

CWEs

References

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