CVE-2020-10942

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 28
Modified
Published: 24 Mar 2020, 21:03
Last modified:04 Aug 2024, 11:21

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
32/100
CVSS Score
5.4 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.07% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

24 Mar 2020, 21:03
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
04 Aug 2024, 11:21
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

In the Linux kernel before 5.5.8, get_raw_socket in drivers/vhost/net.c lacks validation of an sk_family field, which might allow attackers to trigger kernel stack corruption via crafted system calls.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 5.3CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5.4AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.07%• Percentile: 22%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-787•Out-of-bounds Write

    The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    14.04 | 16.04 | 18.04 | 19.10

  • debian•debian_linux

    8.0 | 9.0 | 10.0

  • linux•linux_kernel

    < 5.5.8

  • opensuse•leap

    15.1

References (15)