CVE-2020-7791 | Denial of Service (DoS)

This affects the package i18n before 2.1.15. Vulnerability arises out of insufficient handling of erroneous language tags in src/i18n/Concrete/TextLocalizer.cs and src/i18n/LocalizedApplication.cs.

Published: 2020-12-11 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2020-7791 is rated Moderate Risk (57.3/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.48%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-7791

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 2025-03-30 1.94% 1.48% -0.46%
2 2025-03-29 1.48% 1.94% +0.46%
3 2025-03-19 1.48%

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2020-7791

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]
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-2020-7791

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2020-7791

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-7791

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
i18n_project i18n < 2.1.15 cpe:2.3:a:i18n_project:i18n:*:*:*:*:*:asp.net:*:*

References for CVE-2020-7791

URL Tags
https://github.com/turquoiseowl/i18n/commit/c418e3345313dc896c1951d8c46ab0b9b12fcbd3 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/turquoiseowl/i18n/issues/387 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1573c58dc283b05f7a40a3f5ff0079b5bbde0492d406ee0fe98d40b6%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2667286c8ceffaf893b16829b9612d8f7c4ee6b30362c6c1b583e3c2%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r33dc233634aedb04fa77db3eb79ea12d15ca4da89fa46a1c585ecb0b%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r394b1ae54693609a60ea8aab02ff045dc92f593aa3aebff562e69958%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5e08837e695efd36be73510ce58ec05785dbcea077819d8acc2d990d%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9744574911e7e4edf5f4eeae92a4ccc83e3723cec937950062bb8775%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra5047392edf1fecba441c9adc8807ed6c5f7d2cc71f2f3bb89f35371%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc2abba7aa0450198494bbee654fce9b97fad72a4989323e189faede4%40%3Cdev.myfaces.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc850d0fce066f9eb9e8553172d9207bad7df4d2059d93abc5c7e85c4%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-DOTNET-I18N-1050179 Third Party Advisory
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