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CVE-2020-6097

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-6097 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the atftpd daemon in atftp versions, including those found in Debian and openSUSE distributions. An unauthenticated attacker can trigger an assert() call by sending a specially crafted sequence of RRQ-Multicast requests, leading to a denial of service. This vulnerability has a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.5 (High), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity and no user interaction, resulting in high availability impact. There is currently no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.7.git20120829-3.1\+b1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:atftp_project:atftp:0.7.git20120829-3.1\+b1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/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
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0240 is in the 68th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00058.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00014.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
talosintelligence.com / vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1029
ExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory