CVE-2020-12080
A Denial of Service vulnerability has been identified in FlexNet Publisher's lmadmin.exe version...
A Denial of Service vulnerability has been identified in FlexNet Publisher's lmadmin.exe version 11.16.6. A certain message protocol can be exploited to cause lmadmin to crash.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A Denial of Service vulnerability has been identified in FlexNet Publisher's lmadmin.exe version 11.16.6. A certain message protocol can be exploited to cause lmadmin to crash.
- Record
CVE-2020-12080- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A Denial of Service vulnerability has been identified in FlexNet Publisher's lmadmin.exe version 11.16.6. A certain message protocol can be exploited to cause lmadmin to crash.
- Record
CVE-2020-12080- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-4396 No score
A Denial of Service vulnerability has been identified in FlexNet Publisher's lmadmin.exe version 11.16.6. A certain message protocol can be exploited to cause lmadmin to crash.
- Record
EUVD-2020-4396- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-23pj-4543-5g2f
A Denial of Service vulnerability has been identified in FlexNet Publisher's lmadmin.exe version...
A Denial of Service vulnerability has been identified in FlexNet Publisher's lmadmin.exe version 11.16.6. A certain message protocol can be exploited to cause lmadmin to crash.
- Record
GHSA-23pj-4543-5g2f- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-12080 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Flexera Flexnet Publisher, published September 17, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.11%, the 81st percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
tenable.com/security/research/tra-2020-28
community.flexera.com/t5/FlexNet-Publisher-Knowledge-Base/CVE-2020-12080-Remediated-in-FlexNet-Publisher/ta-p/143873
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12080
github.com/advisories/GHSA-23pj-4543-5g2f