CVE-2020-8832 Ubuntu 18.04 Linux kernel i915 incomplete fix for CVE-2019-14615

2020-03-0500:00:00

CWE-200

canonical

www.cve.org

5.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

6.2 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

41.6%

JSON

The fix for the Linux kernel in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS for CVE-2019-14615 (“The Linux kernel did not properly clear data structures on context switches for certain Intel graphics processors.”) was discovered to be incomplete, meaning that in versions of the kernel before 4.15.0-91.92, an attacker could use this vulnerability to expose sensitive information.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "18.04 LTS (bionic) Linux kernel",
    "vendor": "Ubuntu",
    "versions": [
      {
        "lessThan": "4.15.0-91.92",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "4.15.x kernels",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  }
]