5.5

CVE-2020-36310: debian debian_linux Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2020-36310DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36310
Published 06-04-2021Last modified 04-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-36310 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 0.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 26% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.33%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 17 · Related 16
DSA-5095-1OPENSUSE-SU-2021:0579-1OPENSUSE-SU-2021:0758-1OPENSUSE-SU-2021:1975-1OPENSUSE-SU-2021:1977-1SUSE-SU-2021:1211-1

Timeline

  1. 06-04-2021
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.8. arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c allows a set_memory_region_test infinite loop for certain nested page faults, aka CID-e72436bc3a52.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.33%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

26%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.33% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu58 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.13All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.3All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian2 products
Linux1 product

3 vendors · 61 products

References

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