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CVE-2020-22217

Vulnerability intelligence

Published Aug 22, 2023Sources checked Oct 21, 2026
5.9MEDIUMCVSS out of 10
What this means

Review the available evidence

CVE-2020-22217 and is rated Medium severity with a CVSS score of 5.9. 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
EPSS1.0%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability
Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field
Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships
Overview

What is CVE-2020-22217?

Buffer overflow vulnerability in c-ares before 1_16_1 thru 1_17_0 via function ares_parse_soa_reply in ares_parse_soa_reply.c.

Source: NVD