CVE-2020-12243

Exp

In filter.c in slapd in OpenLDAP before 2.4.50, LDAP search filters with nested boolean expressions can result in denial of service (daemon crash).

Published: 2020-04-28 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2020-12243 is rated High Exploit Risk (71.5/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.42%, 90th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2020-12243

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-12243

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 11.88% 4.42% -7.45%
2 2026-05-28 10.76% 11.88% +1.12%
3 2025-12-28 — 10.76% —

Full EPSS history (30 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2020-12243

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H 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:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
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:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2020-12243

OS Trackers for CVE-2020-12243

vendor priority summary link
alpine high CVE-2020-12243: 1 source package rows (openldap); 27 state rows across 10 repos (3.10-main, 3.11-main, 3.12-main, 3.17-main, 3.18-main, 3.19-main, 3.20-main, 3.21-main, 3.22-main, edge-main); fixed 12, open 15. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2020-12243
debian not yet assigned CVE-2020-12243 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (openldap), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-12243
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12243
suse high CVE-2020-12243 severity important: SUSE including 472 source package names (0.1.0:libldap-2_4-2-2.4.46-9.28.2, 0.1.0:libldap-data-2.4.46-9.28.2, …), 755 product×package rows across 146 product lines (Container bci/dotnet-aspnet, Container bci/dotnet-runtime, … (146 product lines)): Fixed 598, Known Affected 157. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12243/
ubuntu medium CVE-2020-12243 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (openldap), 6 status rows across 6 suites (bionic, eoan, focal, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 6. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-12243

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-12243

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openldap openldap < 2.4.50 cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 10.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse leap 15.1 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 16.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 18.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 19.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 20.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
netapp cloud_backup — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:cloud_backup:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp steelstore_cloud_integrated_storage — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:steelstore_cloud_integrated_storage:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp h410c_firmware — cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h410c_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp h300s_firmware — cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h300s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp h500s_firmware — cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h500s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp h700s_firmware — cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h700s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp h300e_firmware — cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h300e_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp h500e_firmware — cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h500e_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp h700e_firmware — cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h700e_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp h410s_firmware — cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h410s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
broadcom brocade_fabric_operating_system — cpe:2.3:o:broadcom:brocade_fabric_operating_system:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x >= 10.13.0, < 10.13.6 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x >= 10.14.0, < 10.14.6 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x >= 10.15, < 10.15.6 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.13.6 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.13.6:security_update_2018-002:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.13.6 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.13.6:security_update_2018-003:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.13.6 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.13.6:security_update_2019-001:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.13.6 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.13.6:security_update_2019-002:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.13.6 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.13.6:security_update_2019-003:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.13.6 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.13.6:security_update_2019-004:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.13.6 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.13.6:security_update_2019-005:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.13.6 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.13.6:security_update_2019-006:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.13.6 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.13.6:security_update_2019-007:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.13.6 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.13.6:security_update_2020-001:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.13.6 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.13.6:security_update_2020-002:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.13.6 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.13.6:security_update_2020-003:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.13.6 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.13.6:supplemental_update:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.14.6 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2019-001:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.14.6 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2019-002:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.14.6 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2019-004:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.14.6 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2019-005:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.14.6 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2019-006:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.14.6 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2019-007:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.14.6 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2020-001:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.14.6 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2020-002:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.14.6 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2020-003:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.14.6 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2020-004:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.14.6 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2020-005:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.14.6 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2020-006:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.14.6 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2020-007:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.14.6 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2021-001:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.14.6 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2021-002:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.14.6 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2021-003:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.14.6 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:supplemental_update:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.14.6 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:supplemental_update_2:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle zfs_storage_appliance_kit 8.8 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:zfs_storage_appliance_kit:8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle solaris 10 cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle solaris 11 cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2020-12243

URL Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00016.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.openldap.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9202 Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
https://git.openldap.org/openldap/openldap/-/blob/OPENLDAP_REL_ENG_2_4/CHANGES Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://git.openldap.org/openldap/openldap/-/commit/98464c11df8247d6a11b52e294ba5dd4f0380440 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00001.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200511-0003/ Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211289 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4352-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4352-2/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4666 Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html Patch Third Party Advisory
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