CVE-2020-8447
highpriority · track · 40EPSS 0.019 · 80 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
In OSSEC-HIDS 2.7 through 3.5.0, the server component responsible for log analysis (ossec-analysisd) is vulnerable to a use-after-free during processing of syscheck formatted msgs (received from authenticated remote agents and delivered to the analysisd processing queue by ossec-remoted).
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Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8
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affected products (2)
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references (15)
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- https://github.com/ossec/ossec-hids/issues/1818cnnvd
- https://github.com/ossec/ossec-hids/issues/1821cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8447cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158598/Gentoo-Linux-Security-Advisory-202007-33.htmlcnnvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-33cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/OSSEC-HIDS-multiple-vulnerabilities-31465cnnvd
- https://www.ossec.net/cnnvd
- https://github.com/ossec/ossec-hids/issues/1818enisa_euvd
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