October 2020
1,621 CVEs published, −28% on September 2020 and −10% on October 2019. CISA added 0 to KEV.
2020 month by month
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | January 2020: 1,984 CVEs | February 2020: 1,491 CVEs | March 2020: 1,810 CVEs | April 2020: no snapshot | May 2020: no snapshot | June 2020: 1,894 CVEs | July 2020: no snapshot | August 2020: 1,297 CVEs | September 2020: 2,258 CVEs | October 2020: 1,621 CVEs | November 2020: 1,485 CVEs | December 2020: 1,618 CVEs | 15,4589 of 12 months9/12 |
- Critical
- 20713% of the 1,599 with a CVSS score
- Added to CISA KEV
- 014 of this month's CVEs are in KEV, listed a median 422 days after publication
- Vendors
- 5082,008 products
- Top weakness
- XSSCWE-79 · 147 CVEs
Who drove it
Vendors by distinct CVEs this month, with how many of those CVEs are now in CISA KEV and how far each moved in the ranking.
- 1ApplemacOS, Mac OS X, iPhone OS242212new
- 2OracleMySQL Server, MySQL, Database173104new
- 3MicrosoftWindows 10, Windows Server 2016, Windows 10 Version 2004910nonenew
- 4Сообщество Свободного Программного ОбеспеченияDebian Gnu/linux, Linux, Cups738nonenew
- 5HPIntelligent Management Center, HPE Intelligent Management Center Plat, Universal Cmbd Foundation6741nonenew
- 6DebianDebian Linux658nonenew
- 7CiscoFirepower Threat Defense, Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software, Adaptive Security Appliance5801new
- 8NetappOncommand Insight, Active Iq Unified Manager, Oncommand Workflow Automation581nonenew
- 9FedoraprojectFedora556nonenew
- 10IBMCuram Spm, Curam Social Program Management, Security Access Manager522nonenew
- 11Ао "нппкт"Осон Основа Оnyx440nonenew
- 12Ао «концерн Вниинс»Ос Он «стрелец»433nonenew
- 13MavenOrg.apache.nifi:nifi, Com.barchart.jenkins:maven-release-cascade, Org.biouno:uno-choice414nonenew
- 14npmElectron, Npm-user-validate, Hermes-engine404nonenew
- 15Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux, Enterprise Linux, Enterprise Linux Server402nonenew
- 16GoogleAndroid, Tensorflow, Tink Java396nonenew
- 17OpensuseLeap, Backports Sle373nonenew
- 18NetgearRBR850 Firmware, RBS850 Firmware, RBK852 Firmware36161new
- 19Ао «ивк»Альт 8 Сп341nonenew
- 20CanonicalUbuntu, Ubuntu Linux, Aptdaemon323nonenew
- 21JuniperJunos, Junos OS Evolved, Mist Cloud Ui300nonenew
- 22Juniper NetworksJunos OS, Junos, Junos OS Evolved300nonenew
- 23Ооо «русбитех-астра»Astra Linux Special Edition, Astra Linux Special Edition Для «эльбрус», Astra Linux Common Edition301nonenew
- 24MozillaFirefox, Thunderbird, Firefox Esr283nonenew
- 25Netapp Inc.Snapcenter, Oncommand Insight, Oncommand Workflow Automation280nonenew
Severity
How this month's CVEs score on CVSS; 22 have no score yet. Severity is not exploitation.
- Critical207
- High701
- Medium632
- Low59
Breakouts
Vendors with at least three times their own 12-month median.
New in the top 100
Not in the top 100 in any of the 24 months before.
What kind of weakness
Weakness classes (CWE) by distinct CVEs, with how far each moved in the ranking.
- CWE-79XSS147
- CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write136
- CWE-20Improper Input Validation75
- CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read63
- CWE-917Expression Language Injection58
- CWE-120Buffer Overflow36
- CWE-400Resource Consumption33
- CWE-22Path Traversal32
- CWE-416Use After Free26
- CWE-78OS Command Injection25
- CWE-89SQL Injection25
- CWE-287Improper Authentication22
- CWE-352CSRF22
- CWE-306Missing Auth for Critical Function18
- CWE-42716
- CWE-476NULL Pointer Dereference16
- CWE-732Incorrect Permissions16
- CWE-862Missing Authorization16
- CWE-269Improper Privilege Mgmt15
- CWE-77Command Injection15
Where it landed
The month's CVEs by the sector of the software they affect. A CVE that touches several sectors counts in each.
- Mobile Apps30115% of sector-tagged CVEs
- Enterprise Software27914% of sector-tagged CVEs
- Operating Systems26413% of sector-tagged CVEs
- Networking Infrastructure21511% of sector-tagged CVEs
- Databases1889% of sector-tagged CVEs
- OSS Libraries1789% of sector-tagged CVEs
- Hardware Firmware1206% of sector-tagged CVEs
- Web & CMS Plugins874% of sector-tagged CVEs
- Consumer Software854% of sector-tagged CVEs
- 6 smaller sectors280
- Not yet classified41
Which weakness, where
The top weakness classes against the vendors and the sectors that carried them.
The lighter the cell, the more CVEs. Point at one to read it.
| By vendor | 79XSS | 787Out-of-bounds Write | 20Improper Input Validation | 125Out-of-bounds Read | 917Expression Language Injection | 120Buffer Overflow | 400Resource Consumption | 22Path Traversal | 416Use After Free | 78OS Command Injection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple | 4 | 67 | 19 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Oracle | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Oracle Corp. | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Oracle Corporation | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Microsoft Corp | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Microsoft | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Сообщество Свободного Программного Обеспечения | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||
| HP | 1 | 2 | 58 | |||||||
| Debian | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |||||
| Netapp | 4 | |||||||||
| Cisco | 10 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 4 | |||||
| Cisco Systems Inc. | 10 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 4 |
CVEs published in October 2020
17 vulnerabilities from this month that were exploited in the wild (CISA KEV), covered in the news, explained on cve.tools or searched for. Known-exploited first, then by CVSS.
- CVE-2020-14871Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle Systems (component: Pluggable authentication module). Supported versions that are affected are 10 and 11. Easily exploitable vulnerability allo...KEV10.0
- CVE-2018-19949If exploited, this command injection vulnerability could allow remote attackers to run arbitrary commands. QNAP has already fixed the issue in the following QTS versions. QTS 4.4.2.1231 on build 20...KEV9.8
- CVE-2020-14882Vulnerability in the Oracle WebLogic Server product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: Console). Supported versions that are affected are 10.3.6.0.0, 12.1.3.0.0, 12.2.1.3.0, 12.2.1.4.0 and 14....KEV9.8
- CVE-2020-26919NETGEAR JGS516PE devices before 2.6.0.43 are affected by lack of access control at the function level.KEV9.8
- CVE-2020-3992OpenSLP as used in VMware ESXi (7.0 before ESXi_7.0.1-0.0.16850804, 6.7 before ESXi670-202010401-SG, 6.5 before ESXi650-202010401-SG) has a use-after-free issue. A malicious actor residing in the m...KEV9.8
- CVE-2020-5135A buffer overflow vulnerability in SonicOS allows a remote attacker to cause Denial of Service (DoS) and potentially execute arbitrary code by sending a malicious request to the firewall. This vuln...KEV9.8
- CVE-2018-19943If exploited, this cross-site scripting vulnerability could allow remote attackers to inject malicious code. QNAP has already fixed these issues in the following QTS versions. QTS 4.4.2.1270 build ...KEV8.0
- CVE-2020-9907A memory corruption issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6, tvOS 13.4.8. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kern...KEV7.8
- CVE-2020-14864Vulnerability in the Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: Installation). Supported versions that are affected are 5.5.0.0.0, 12.2.1.3.0 an...KEV7.5
- CVE-2020-14883Vulnerability in the Oracle WebLogic Server product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: Console). Supported versions that are affected are 10.3.6.0.0, 12.1.3.0.0, 12.2.1.3.0, 12.2.1.4.0 and 14....KEV7.2
- CVE-2020-8260A vulnerability in the Pulse Connect Secure < 9.1R9 admin web interface could allow an authenticated attacker to perform an arbitrary code execution using uncontrolled gzip extraction.KEV7.2
- CVE-2018-19953If exploited, this cross-site scripting vulnerability could allow remote attackers to inject malicious code. QNAP has already fixed the issue in the following QTS versions. QTS 4.4.2.1231 on build ...KEV6.1
- CVE-2020-3580Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software and Firepower Threat Defense Software Web Services Interface Cross-Site Scripting VulnerabilitiesKEV6.1
- CVE-2020-9934An issue existed in the handling of environment variables. This issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.6. A local user m...KEV5.5
- CVE-2020-17410This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit PhantomPDF 10.0.0.35798. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that t...7.8
- CVE-2020-17416This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit Reader 10.0.0.35798. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the t...7.8
- CVE-2020-17417This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit Reader 10.0.1.35811. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the t...7.8