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CVE-2021-20046

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-20046 is a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in SonicOS HTTP Content-Length response headers, affecting SonicWall Gen 5, Gen 6, and Gen 7 firmware versions. This flaw allows a remote authenticated attacker to trigger a Denial of Service and potentially achieve code execution. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), it presents a significant risk due to its low attack complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 7.0.1-r146CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sonicwall:sonicos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 7.0.1-5023-1349CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sonicwall:sonicos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 7.0.1-5018-r1715CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sonicwall:sonicos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 6.5.4.8-89nCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sonicwall:sonicos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 6.5.1.13-1nCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sonicwall:sonicos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.94%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0194 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 17,844 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

psirt.global.sonicwall.com / vuln-detail/SNWLID-2021-0027
Vendor Advisory