VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-14386
Memory corruption can be exploited to gain root privileges from unprivileged processes.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 1.31%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.31%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- 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
- 1.31% probability · 69th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-250, CWE-787
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel · debian/debian linux · fedoraproject/fedora · opensuse/leap
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00021.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159565/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0072-1.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/17/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/17/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/21/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-14386Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=acf69c946233259ab4d64f8869d4037a198c7f06Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00025.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00032.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00034.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RNCPXERMUHPSGF6S2VVFL5NVVPBBFB63/
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2020/q3/146Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00021.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159565/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0072-1.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/17/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/17/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/21/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-14386Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=acf69c946233259ab4d64f8869d4037a198c7f06Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00025.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00032.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00034.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RNCPXERMUHPSGF6S2VVFL5NVVPBBFB63/
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2020/q3/146Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.