CVE-2020-29371

CVSS V2 Low 2.1 CVSS V3 Low 3.3
Description
An issue was discovered in romfs_dev_read in fs/romfs/storage.c in the Linux kernel before 5.8.4. Uninitialized memory leaks to userspace, aka CID-bcf85fcedfdd.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2020-29371
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2020-11-28T07:15:11
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-12-02T18:05:48
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-908 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/908.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 5.8.4
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 2.1
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • LOW
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 3.3
  • Base Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 1.4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.8.4 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=bcf85fcedfdd17911982a3e3564fcfec7b01eebd Patch Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=2077 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2935e0a3cec1ffa558eea90db6279cff83aa3592 Patch Vendor Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-29371
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-29371
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:31:37 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 17:23:55 2020-11-28T07:15Z 2020-11-28T07:15:11 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-05 17:23:55 2020-12-02T18:05:48 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-05 17:23:55 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated