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CVE-2020-28895

Q: Is CVE-2020-28895 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2020-28895 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 1.5% on 2026-10-23, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Q: What is the CVSS score for CVE-2020-28895?

CVE-2020-28895 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.3 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

No exploitation reported by the sources we read.

Published2021-02-03
WeaknessCWE-190 · CWE-787

Am I affected?

With a domain, we read the version its public headers and pages expose. A distribution build can carry the fix under an older number.

Description

In Wind River VxWorks, memory allocator has a possible overflow in calculating the memory block's size to be allocated by calloc(). As a result, the actual memory allocated is smaller than the buffer size specified by the arguments, leading to memory corruption.

Timeline

dates in UTC

2021-02-0316:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTC

Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days

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Versions per branch

NVD

Oracle communications eagle

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
48.6	≥ 46.8.0, ≤ 48.6.2	no fix published	NVD
46.9	≥ 46.9.1, ≤ 46.9.3	no fix published	NVD
46.7	= 46.7.0	no fix published	NVD

Windriver vxworks

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
6.9	≥ 6.9, < 6.9.4.12	6.9.4.12	NVD
6.9	= 6.9.4.12	no fix published	NVD

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Vendor advisories

ICSA-25-252-09 CISA1 known affected
Rockwell Automation 1783-NATR
Rockwell Automation 1783-NATR: <1.007
ICSA-23-103-13 CISA107 known affected
Siemens SCALANCE Switch Families
SCALANCE X200-4P IRT (6GK5200-4AH00-2BA3) · SCALANCE X201-3P IRT (6GK5201-3BH00-2BA3) · SCALANCE X201-3P IRT PRO (6GK5201-3JR00-2BA6) · +104 more
ICSA-25-155-02 CISA12 known affected
Hitachi Energy Relion 670 650 series and SAM600-IO Product
Relion 670 series version 2.2.5 revisions up to 2.2.5.1 · Relion 670 series version 2.2.4 revisions up to 2.2.4.2 · Relion 670 series version 2.2.3 revisions up to 2.2.3.4 · +9 more

Full record on NVD

Fix

Vendor fix CISA ICSA-23-103-13 · 17 productsUpdate to V5.2.6 or later version
Vendor fix CISA ICSA-23-103-13 · 15 productsUpdate to V5.5.2 or later version
Vendor fix CISA ICSA-25-155-02 · 3 productsUpdate to 2.2.5.2 version or latest
Vendor fix CISA ICSA-25-155-02 · 2 productsUpdate to 2.2.4.3 version or latest
Vendor fix CISA ICSA-25-155-02 · 1 productUpdate to 2.2.3.5 version or latest
Vendor fix CISA ICSA-25-155-02 · 1 productUpdate to 2.2.2.5 version or latest

Advisories and patches

support2.windriver.comVendor Advisory
www.oracle.comPatch

Detection

Nuclei template: none so far
Exploit-DB: no entry
Proof-of-concept repositories: none listed

Sources

CNACVSS 3.17.3read 2026-10-23
NVDCVSS 3.17.3read 2026-10-23
NVDCVSS 2.07.5read 2026-10-23
NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-190, CWE-787read 2026-10-23
FIRST EPSSEPSS score1.5 %2026-10-23

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Published: 2021-02-03
Last Modified: 2026-06-17
NVD status: Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-28895?

Is CVE-2020-28895 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2020-28895 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 1.5% on 2026-10-23, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2020-28895?

CVE-2020-28895 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.3 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

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