CVE-2020-10577

An issue was discovered in Janus through 0.9.1. janus.c has multiple concurrent threads that misuse the source property of a session, leading to a race condition when claiming sessions.

Published: 2020-03-14 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2020-10577 is rated Low Risk (32.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.46%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-10577

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.25% 0.46% +0.21%
2 2025-11-21 0.17% 0.25% +0.08%
3 2025-11-18 — 0.17% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2020-10577

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.8 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.2 2.5 [email protected]
5.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2020-10577

OS Trackers for CVE-2020-10577

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2020-10577 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (janus), 3 status rows across 3 suites (bookworm, forky, sid): resolved 3. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-10577
ubuntu medium CVE-2020-10577 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (janus), 17 status rows across 17 suites (bionic, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): ignored 7, not-affected 4, DNE 3, needed 2, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-10577

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-10577

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
meetecho janus <= 0.9.1 cpe:2.3:a:meetecho:janus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2020-10577

URL Tags
https://github.com/meetecho/janus-gateway/pull/1990 Patch Third Party Advisory
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