When was CVE-2020-3810 disclosed?

CVE-2020-3810 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 15, 2020, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2020-3810 actively exploited?

CVE-2020-3810 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 60.8% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2020-3810?

CVE-2020-3810 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2020-3810?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2020-3810, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2020-3810

MEDIUMNVD 5.55.5—

5.5

Missing input validation in the ar/tar implementations of APT before version 2.1.2 could result in denial of service when processing specially crafted deb files.

CVSS v3: 5.5
EG Score: 5.5(medium)
EPSS: 60.8%
KEV: Not listed

References (16)

security@debianhttps://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1878177
security@debianhttps://github.com/Debian/apt/issues/111
security@debianhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2020/msg00089.html
security@debianhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U4PEH357MZM2SUGKETMEHMSGQS652QHH/
security@debianhttps://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/apt/-/commit/dceb1e49e4b8e4dadaf056be34088b415939cda6
security@debianhttps://tracker.debian.org/news/1144109/accepted-apt-212-source-into-unstable/
security@debianhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4359-1/
security@debianhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4359-2/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1878177
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/Debian/apt/issues/111
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2020/msg00089.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U4PEH357MZM2SUGKETMEHMSGQS652QHH/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/apt/-/commit/dceb1e49e4b8e4dadaf056be34088b415939cda6
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://tracker.debian.org/news/1144109/accepted-apt-212-source-into-unstable/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/4359-1/

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