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CVE-2020-7457

HIGH · CVSS 8.1 EPSS 33.11% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2020-07-09 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

AI analysis pending.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

Detected Signals
code execution
External Security References
packetstormsecurity.com ↗

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CVE
CVE-2020-7457
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.1
EPSS
33.11%

Original NVD Description

In FreeBSD 12.1-STABLE before r359565, 12.1-RELEASE before p7, 11.4-STABLE before r362975, 11.4-RELEASE before p1, and 11.3-RELEASE before p11, missing synchronization in the IPV6_2292PKTOPTIONS socket option set handler contained a race condition allowing a malicious application to modify memory after being freed, possibly resulting in code execution.