CVE-2020-15166

high
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
8.0

Description

In ZeroMQ before version 4.3.3, there is a denial-of-service vulnerability. Users with TCP transport public endpoints, even with CURVE/ZAP enabled, are impacted. If a raw TCP socket is opened and connected to an endpoint that is fully configured with CURVE/ZAP, legitimate clients will not be able to exchange any message. Handshakes complete successfully, and messages are delivered to the library, but the server application never receives them. This is patched in version 4.3.3.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-15166

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202009-16

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202009-15

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed4.3.3-1
debian debianbookwormfixed4.3.3-1
debian debianbullseyefixed4.3.3-1
debian debianforkyfixed4.3.3-1
debian debiansidfixed4.3.3-1
debian debiantrixiefixed4.3.3-1

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.