CVE-2020-14390

CVSS V2 Medium 4.6 CVSS V3 Medium 5.6
Description
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel in versions before 5.9-rc6. When changing screen size, an out-of-bounds memory write can occur leading to memory corruption or a denial of service. Due to the nature of the flaw, privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled out.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2020-14390
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2020-09-18T18:15:16
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-11-02T21:15:24
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-787 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/787.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.2.3 5.9.0
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.9.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.9.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.9.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.9.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.9.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.9.0:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.6
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • HIGH
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • LOW
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 5.6
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 0.8
  • Impact Score
  • 4.7
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1876788
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00021.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00034.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00032.html
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14390
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-14390
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:21:11 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 23:00:53 2020-09-18T18:15Z 2020-09-18T18:15:16 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-04 23:00:53 2020-11-02T21:15:24 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-04 23:00:53 Modified Vulnerability Status updated