CVE-2020-25643

2020-10-0600:00:00

CWE-20

redhat

www.cve.org

AI Score

7.5

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

45.7%

JSON

A flaw was found in the HDLC_PPP module of the Linux kernel in versions before 5.9-rc7. Memory corruption and a read overflow is caused by improper input validation in the ppp_cp_parse_cr function which can cause the system to crash or cause a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "n/a",
    "product": "kernel",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "Linux kernel versions before 5.9-rc7",
        "status": "affected"
      }
    ]
  }
]