CVE-2020-14386
HIGH 7.8EPSS 1.3%
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel before 5.9-rc4. Memory corruption can be exploited to gain root privileges from unprivileged processes. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity.
- Affected
- Linux Kernel · kernel
- CVSS v3.1 NVD
- 7.8 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS v3.1 REDHAT
- 6.7 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS v2.0 NVD
- 7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - EPSS
- 1.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 70th percentile
- Published
- 2020-09-16
- Updated
- 2024-08-04
Proof-of-concept exploits (1)
- cgwalters/cve-2020-1438642★ · 2020-09-18
Security advisories
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=acf69c94623…
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00021.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159565/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0072-1…
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/17/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/17/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/21/1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-14386
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00025.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00032.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00034.html
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2020/q3/146