PT-2020-13955 · Ibm · Notes Client

Published 2020-12-14 · Updated 2020-12-15 · CVE-2020-14268

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Notes client versions 9 and 10

Description A vulnerability in the MIME message handling could potentially be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker, resulting in a stack buffer overflow. This could allow a remote attacker to crash the client or inject code into the system, which would execute with the privileges of the client.

Recommendations For versions 9 and 10, consider restricting access to MIME messages until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the MIME message handling feature in the Notes client until a fix is provided. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-14268

Affected Products

Notes Client

References · 4

• https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0085762 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-14268 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14268 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/20743 · Telegram Post