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CVE-2020-14314

A memory out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the Linux kernel before 5.9-rc2 with the ext3/ext4 file system, in the way it accesses a directory with broken indexing. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system if the directory exists. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Published

2020-09-15T20:15:13.213

Last Modified

2024-11-21T05:02:59.323

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 5.5 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-125
  • Type: Secondary
    CWE-125
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System linux linux_kernel ≤ 5.8.9 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 5.9.0 Yes
Operating System debian debian_linux 9.0 Yes
Operating System canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04 Yes
Operating System canonical ubuntu_linux 16.04 Yes
Operating System canonical ubuntu_linux 18.04 Yes
Operating System canonical ubuntu_linux 20.04 Yes
Application starwindsoftware starwind_virtual_san v8 Yes
Application starwindsoftware starwind_virtual_san v8 Yes
Application starwindsoftware starwind_virtual_san v8 Yes
Application starwindsoftware starwind_virtual_san v8 Yes
Application starwindsoftware starwind_virtual_san v8 Yes
Application starwindsoftware starwind_virtual_san v8 Yes
References