DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36766

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CVE-2020-36766
Published: 18 Sept 2023, 09:15
Last modified:28 Apr 2026, 20:21

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
13/100
CVSS Score
3.3 LOW
3.1 (osv_debian)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

18 Sept 2023, 09:15
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
28 Apr 2026, 20:21
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

Affected Systems

  • debian•linux

    < 5.8.7-1 | < 5.8.7-1 | < 5.8.7-1 | < 5.8.7-1

References (1)