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CVE-2020-12886

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-12886 is a critical buffer over-read vulnerability in the CoAP library of Arm Mbed OS 5.15.3. The flaw allows an attacker to cause memory access outside of intended buffer boundaries due to improper validation of the CoAP message token length. With a CVSS score of 9.1, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality and availability. While there are no known public exploits or Metasploit modules, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness and potential for future exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.15.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:arm:mbed_os:5.15.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.1CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
68.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0135 is in the 55th percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

github.com / ARMmbed/mbed-coap/pull/116
Third Party Advisory
github.com / ARMmbed/mbed-os/issues/12948
Third Party Advisory