CVE-2020-11668

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 45
Modified
Published: 09 Apr 2020, 20:13
Last modified:04 Aug 2024, 11:35

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
28/100
CVSS Score
7.1 HIGH
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.05% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

09 Apr 2020, 20:13
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
04 Aug 2024, 11:35
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

In the Linux kernel before 5.6.1, drivers/media/usb/gspca/xirlink_cit.c (aka the Xirlink camera USB driver) mishandles invalid descriptors, aka CID-a246b4d54770.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.1CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5.6AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.05%• Percentile: 15%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-476•NULL Pointer Dereference

    The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected Systems

  • linux•linux_kernel

    < 5.6.1

References (12)