Codemeter
CVE-2020-14513
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V2 - Validation and Business Logic Input validation, allowlisting
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| Impact | CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | This vulnerability can be exploited remotely over the network. Successful exploitation could compromise the high-severity affected system. |
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CodeMeter (All versions prior to 6.81) and the software using it may crash while processing a specifically crafted license file due to unverified length fields. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
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This vulnerability is classified under CWE-20. CodeMeter (All versions prior to 6.81) and the software using it may crash while processing a specifically crafted license file due to unverified length fields. Affected products include: Wibu Codemeter. Version information: prior to 6.81.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
CodeMeter (All versions prior to 6.81) and the software using it may crash while processing a specifically crafted license file due to unverified length fields.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
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Attack Technique
Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
A buffer over-read vulnerability exists in Wibu-Systems CodeMeter versions < 7.21a. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.1),
A denial of service vulnerability exists in Wibu-Systems CodeMeter versions < 7.21a. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), thi
Protocol encryption can be easily broken for CodeMeter (All versions prior to 6.90 are affected, including Version 6.90
Multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities exist in CodeMeter (All versions prior to 7.10) where the packet parser mecha
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the "advanced settings - time server" module in Wibu-Systems CodeMeter befor
An attacker could send a specially crafted packet that could have CodeMeter (All versions prior to 7.10) send back packe
This vulnerability allows an attacker to use the internal WebSockets API for CodeMeter (All versions prior to 7.00 are a
CodeMeter (All versions prior to 6.90 when using CmActLicense update files with CmActLicense Firm Code) has an issue in
GitHub PoC
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