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HistorySep 18, 2023 - 9:15 a.m.

CVE-2020-36766

2023-09-1809:15:07
web.nvd.nist.gov
linux
kernel
memory-leak
cec-api.c
cve-2020-36766
hardware

3.3 Low

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

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

5 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

9.1%

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.

Affected configurations

NVD
Node
linuxlinux_kernelRange<5.8.6

3.3 Low

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

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

5 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

9.1%