CVE-2020-29371

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 18
Modified
Published: 28 Nov 2020, 06:19
Last modified:04 Aug 2024, 16:48

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
23/100
CVSS Score
3.3 LOW
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.05% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

28 Nov 2020, 06:19
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
04 Aug 2024, 16:48
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

An issue was discovered in romfs_dev_read in fs/romfs/storage.c in the Linux kernel before 5.8.4. Uninitialized memory leaks to userspace, aka CID-bcf85fcedfdd.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•LOW•Score: 3.3CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
  • v2.0•LOW•Score: 2.1AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.05%• Percentile: 16%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-908•Use of Uninitialized Resource

    The product uses or accesses a resource that has not been initialized.

Affected Systems

  • linux•linux_kernel

    < 5.8.4

References (4)