CVE-2020-4207 is a critical buffer overflow vulnerability affecting IBM Watson IoT Message Gateway versions 2.0.0.x, 5.0.0.0, 5.0.0.1, and 5.0.0.2. This flaw, caused by improper bounds checking during failed HTTP request handling, allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service by sending a specially crafted HTTP request. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 2.0.0.0, < 2.0.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:iot_messagesight:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:iot_messagesight:5.0.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:watson_iot_platform_-_message_gateway:5.0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.