CVE-2020-36766

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 9
Modified
Published: 18 Sept 2023, 00:00
Last modified:25 Sept 2024, 18:00

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
13/100
CVSS Score
3.3 LOW
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.01% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

18 Sept 2023, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
25 Sept 2024, 18:00
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.8.6. drivers/media/cec/core/cec-api.c leaks one byte of kernel memory on specific hardware to unprivileged users, because of directly assigning log_addrs with a hole in the struct.

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

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.01%• Percentile: 2%

Affected Systems

  • linux•linux_kernel

    < 5.8.6

References (2)