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CVE-2020-2524

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-2524 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Oracle Knowledge versions 8.6.0 through 8.6.3, specifically within the InQuira Search component. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability remotely over HTTP, despite its high attack complexity. Successful exploitation leads to a complete denial of service, causing the Oracle Knowledge application to hang or crash repeatedly. While rated with a CVSS 3.1 score of 5.9 (Medium), there is no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 8.6.0, <= 8.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:knowledge:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.9MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
70.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0145 is in the 42nd percentile among its peer group of 19,955 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, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

oraclevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

oracle.com / security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
Vendor Advisory