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CVE-2020-8916

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-8916 is a memory leak vulnerability affecting Openthread's wpantund versions up to commit 0e5d1601febb869f583e944785e5685c6c747be7. This flaw, occurring when wpanctl directly interfaces with the control driver in debug environments, can lead to a denial-of-service (DoS) by crashing the service. Rated CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM, it has a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring low privileges and no user interaction, impacting availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, indicating a low current threat level.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2020-05-28CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openthread:wpantund:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.0MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.3
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
18.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0027 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 15,932 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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 (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

github.com / openthread/wpantund/pull/468/commits/0e5d1601febb869f583e944785e5685c6c747be7
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