HIGH
A memory leak vulnerability in sim-organizer.c of AlienVault Ossim v5 causes a denial of service (DOS) via a system crash triggered by the occurrence of a large number of alarm events
Published Jul 19, 2021
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.07%
Description
A memory leak vulnerability in sim-organizer.c of AlienVault Ossim v5 causes a denial of service (DOS) via a system crash triggered by the occurrence of a large number of alarm events.
Affected products
No data.
- 5.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
7.5 HIGH NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.07% 0.01074
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01074
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.07% (0.01074) | 63.70th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.07% (0.01074) | 60.45th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.33% (0.00334) | 54.14th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.10% (0.00103) | 43.97th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 3, 2024 | 0.10% (0.00103) | 41.35th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.09% (0.00089) | 36.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 24.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.50% (0.04499) | 74.08th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 2.28% (0.02283) | 52.26th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 2.28% (0.02283) | 51.78th | v1 |
| Jan 5, 2022 | 0.52% (0.00518) | 31.20th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2021 | 0.52% (0.00518) | 0.00th | v1 |
Weaknesses (1)
References (1)
- https://github.com/jpalanco/alienvault-ossim/issues/4 x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://github.com/jpalanco/alienvault-ossim/issues/4 | x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jul 19, 2021
Updated Aug 4, 2024
Reserved Aug 13, 2020
Link CVE-2020-22650
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a