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CVE-2020-13987

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-13987 is an Out-of-Bounds Read vulnerability in the uIP TCP/IP Stack, specifically within the upper_layer_chksum function in net/ipv4/uip.c, affecting Contiki OS and other products utilizing the uIP stack like Siemens devices and open-iscsi_project. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, potentially leading to a denial of service. While there are no known public exploits (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) or evidence of active exploitation (KEV: No, Hot List: Inactive), it has garnered some community attention and media coverage, notably in a Siemens advisory regarding embedded TCP/IP stack vulnerabilities.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:uip_project:uip:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 2.1.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:open-iscsi_project:open-iscsi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 4.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:siemens:sentron_3va_com100_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 4.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:siemens:sentron_3va_com800_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 2.4.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:siemens:sentron_pac3200_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
3.19%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0319 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: iscsi-initiator-utils-0:6.2.1.4-4.git095f59c.el8
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: iscsi-initiator-utils

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2020-13987Moderate

Open-iSCSI: OOB read in checksum calculation in uIP

Dec 9, 2020

References

cert-portal.siemens.com / productcert/pdf/ssa-541018.pdf
PatchThird Party Advisory
us-cert.cisa.gov / ics/advisories/icsa-20-343-01
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/815128
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource