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CVE-2020-12080

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-12080 is a Denial of Service vulnerability affecting FlexNet Publisher's lmadmin.exe, specifically version 11.16.6. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit a flaw in a specific message protocol to crash the lmadmin service. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating it is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction, leading to a complete loss of availability. Currently, there is no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), nor is it listed in CISA's KEV catalog, and it has received no community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
11.16.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:flexera:flexnet_publisher:11.16.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.11%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0211 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (6)

boschvendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
maxkbvendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
nxpvendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
openfirevendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
openstackvendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
opnsensevendor investigatingvia llm_extracted

Vendor Advisories (6)

maxkbllm-maxkb-8fb28605701d7a4eMEDIUM

Flexera FlexNet Publisher lmadmin Message 282 Remote DoS

Apr 27, 2020
openstackllm-openstack-aaf6cd2ef3edfd6bMEDIUM

Flexera FlexNet Publisher lmadmin Message 282 Remote DoS

Apr 27, 2020
nxpllm-nxp-a4a3d3883eb180e6MEDIUM

Flexera FlexNet Publisher lmadmin Message 282 Remote DoS

Apr 27, 2020
boschllm-bosch-cf86a1fde2a1eff1MEDIUM

Flexera FlexNet Publisher lmadmin Message 282 Remote DoS

Apr 27, 2020
opnsensellm-opnsense-49e0f8ba616232a8MEDIUM

Flexera FlexNet Publisher lmadmin Message 282 Remote DoS

Apr 27, 2020
openfirellm-openfire-1f2f1d0af72e01e3MEDIUM

Flexera FlexNet Publisher lmadmin Message 282 Remote DoS

Apr 27, 2020

References

community.flexera.com / t5/FlexNet-Publisher-Knowledge-Base/CVE-2020-12080-Remediated-in-FlexNet-Publisher/ta-p/143873
Vendor Advisory
community.flexera.com / t5/FlexNet-Publisher-News/FlexNet-Publisher-2020-R2-11-17-0-is-here/ba-p/144017/jump-to/first-unread-message
Release NotesVendor Advisory
tenable.com / security/research/tra-2020-28
ExploitThird Party Advisory