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CVE-2020-29363

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-29363 is a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability affecting p11-kit versions 0.23.6 through 0.23.21, specifically within its RPC protocol. This flaw allows a remote entity to cause a denial of service by supplying a malformed serialized byte array in a CK_ATTRIBUTE, leading to insufficient buffer allocation. Rated HIGH with a CVSS score of 7.5, the vulnerability is network-exploitable with low attack complexity and no user interaction required, resulting in a high impact on availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 0.23.6, < 0.23.22CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:p11-kit_project:p11-kit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.14.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_cloud_native_core_policy:1.14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
3.52%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0352 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 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

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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 19140-16820Fixed in: 0.23.22-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cm1 p11-kit 0.23.22-1 on CBL Mariner 1.0Fixed in: 0.23.22-1
oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: p11-kit-0:0.23.22-1.el8
View patch

Vendor Advisories (2)

redhatCVE-2020-29363Moderate

p11-kit: out-of-bounds write in p11_rpc_buffer_get_byte_array_value function in rpc-message.c

Dec 12, 2020
microsoft2020-Dec/CVE-2020-29363Important

An issue was discovered in p11-kit 0.23.6 through 0.23.21. A heap-based buffer overflow has been discovered in the RPC protocol used by p11-kit server/remote commands and the client library. When the remote entity supplies a serialized byte array in a CK_ATTRIBUTE the receiving entity may not allocate sufficient length for the buffer to store the deserialized value.

Dec 8, 2020

References

github.com / p11-glue/p11-kit/releases
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
github.com / p11-glue/p11-kit/security/advisories/GHSA-5j67-fw89-fp6x
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2021/dsa-4822
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
PatchThird Party Advisory