CVE-2020-12080

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Published Sep 17, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 2.1% KEV · Not listed

Description

A Denial of Service vulnerability has been identified in FlexNet Publisher's lmadmin.exe version 11.16.6. A certain message protocol can be exploited to cause lmadmin to crash.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:flexera:flexnet_publisher:11.16.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-4396	A Denial of Service vulnerability has been identified in FlexNet Publisher's lmadmin.exe version 11.16.6. A certain message protocol can be exploited to cause lmadmin to crash.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 2.1% (2.111% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://community.flexera.com/t5/FlexNet-Publisher-Knowledge-Base/CVE-2020-12080-Remediated-in-FlexNet-Publisher/ta-p/143873
https://community.flexera.com/t5/FlexNet-Publisher-News/FlexNet-Publisher-2020-R2-11-17-0-is-here/ba-p/144017/jump-to/first-unread-message
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2020-28

History

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Subscriptions

Flexera Flexnet Publisher

Weaknesses

CWE-20

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 11:48 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: flexera
Published: Sep 17, 2021, 5:45 PM
Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 11:48 AM
Reserved: Apr 23, 2020, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 2:51 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Sep 17, 2021, 6:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 2:51 AM

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