Vulnerabilities > CVE-2020-14386 - Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel before 5.9-rc4. Memory corruption can be exploited to gain root privileges from unprivileged processes. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2020/q3/146
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-14386
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=acf69c946233259ab4d64f8869d4037a198c7f06
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00025.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00021.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159565/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0072-1.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00034.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00032.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/17/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/17/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/21/1
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RNCPXERMUHPSGF6S2VVFL5NVVPBBFB63/