A heap use-after-free vulnerability was found in systemd before version v245-rc1 where asynchronous Polkit queries are performed while handling dbus messages. A local unprivileged attacker can abuse this flaw to crash systemd services or potentially execute code and elevate their privileges by sending specially crafted dbus messages.
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18 Aug 2020 07:00Current
6.6Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.6
CVSS 24.6
CVSS 3.17.8
EPSS0.00456
SSVC