VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-14362
An Integer underflow leading to heap-buffer overflow may lead to a privilege escalation vulnerability.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.59%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.59%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A flaw was found in X.Org Server before xorg-x11-server 1.20.9. An Integer underflow leading to heap-buffer overflow may lead to a privilege escalation vulnerability. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.59% probability · 46th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-191
- Affected
- x.org/x server · canonical/ubuntu linux · redhat/enterprise linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1869144Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2020-August/003058.htmlMailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-01Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4488-2/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1419/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1869144Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2020-August/003058.htmlMailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-01Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4488-2/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1419/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.