CVE-2020-14356

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 22
Modified
Published: 19 Aug 2020, 14:37
Last modified:04 Aug 2024, 12:39

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
41/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.82% LOW
1% probability -0.03%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
2 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

19 Aug 2020, 14:37
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
04 Aug 2024, 12:39
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

A flaw null pointer dereference in the Linux kernel cgroupv2 subsystem in versions before 5.7.10 was found in the way when reboot the system. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system or escalate their privileges on the system.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.2AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.82%• Percentile: 75%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-476•NULL Pointer Dereference

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

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    14.04 | 16.04 | 18.04 | 20.04

  • debian•debian_linux

    9.0

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≥ 4.5, < 4.9.231 | ≥ 4.10, < 4.14.189 | ≥ 4.15, < 4.19.134 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.53 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.7.10

  • netapp•active_iq_unified_manager

    na

  • netapp•cloud_backup

    na

  • netapp•hci_management_node

    na

  • netapp•solidfire

    na

  • netapp•solidfire_baseboard_management_controller_firmware

    na

  • opensuse•leap

    15.1 | 15.2

  • redhat•enterprise_linux

    8.0

References (12)