Vulnerability record · CVE-2020-2524 · published 15 April 2020
CVE-2020-2524: Oracle knowledge vulnerability
Oracle · Knowledge
Vulnerability in the Oracle Knowledge product of Oracle Knowledge (component: InQuira Search). Supported versions that are affected are 8.6.0-8.6.3. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Knowledge. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle Knowledge. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 5.9 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
Description
Vulnerability in the Oracle Knowledge product of Oracle Knowledge (component: InQuira Search). Supported versions that are affected are 8.6.0-8.6.3. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Knowledge. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle Knowledge. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 5.9 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products
1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.
References
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html | Vendor Advisory |
| https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html | Vendor Advisory |
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Related vulnerabilities
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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2020-2524), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-11-14). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.