High severity · published Sep 20, 2021
CVE-2020-21468
A segmentation fault in the redis-server component of Redis 5.0.7 leads to a denial of service (DOS)
7.5
CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A segmentation fault in the redis-server component of Redis 5.0.7 leads to a denial of service (DOS). NOTE: the vendor cannot reproduce this issue in a released version, such as 5.0.7.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.2% · higher than 68% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RE
Redis · Redis
5.0.7 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-21468
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-21468
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/antirez/redis/issues/6633
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