DEBIAN-CVE-2020-13974

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
CVE-2020-13974
Downstream
DLA-2323-1
Published: 09 Jun 2020, 05:15
Last modified:28 Apr 2026, 20:21

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
3.1 (osv_debian)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

09 Jun 2020, 05:15
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
28 Apr 2026, 20:21
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel 4.4 through 5.7.1. drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c has an integer overflow if k_ascii is called several times in a row, aka CID-b86dab054059. NOTE: Members in the community argue that the integer overflow does not lead to a security issue in this case.

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

Affected Systems

  • debian•linux

    < 5.7.6-1 | < 5.7.6-1 | < 5.7.6-1 | < 5.7.6-1

References (1)