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CVE-2020-13949

Vulnerability intelligence

Published Feb 12, 2021Sources checked Sep 27, 2026
7.5HIGHCVSS out of 10
What this means

Review the available evidence

CVE-2020-13949 and is rated High severity with a CVSS score of 7.5. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.

CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog
EPSS6.8%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability
Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field
Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships
Overview

What is CVE-2020-13949?

In Apache Thrift 0.9.3 to 0.13.0, malicious RPC clients could send short messages which would result in a large memory allocation, potentially leading to denial of service.