CVE-2020-5403 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Reactor Netty HttpServer, versions 0.9.3 and 0.9.4, is exposed to a URISyntaxException that causes the connection to be closed prematurely instead of producing a 400 response.

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

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

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.

The EPSS score is 0.01146.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Broadcom	Reactor Netty

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:reactor_netty:0.9.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:reactor_netty:0.9.4:::::::*

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References

Link	Providers
https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2020-5403

History

Fri, 04 Sep 2026 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Broadcom Broadcom reactor Netty
CPEs	cpe:2.3:a:pivotal:reactor_netty:0.9.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pivotal:reactor_netty:0.9.4:::::::*	cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:reactor_netty:0.9.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:reactor_netty:0.9.4:::::::*
Vendors & Products	Pivotal Pivotal reactor Netty	Broadcom Broadcom reactor Netty

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: pivotal

Published: 2020-03-03T18:25:14.205Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T00:00:46.313Z

Reserved: 2020-01-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-5403

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-03-03T19:15:15.210

Modified: 2026-09-04T18:59:12.370

Link: CVE-2020-5403

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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