CVE-2020-13974Integer Overflow or Wraparound in Kernel

Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
OSV5.5OSV4.6OSV4.1
EPSS
0.1%
top 73.75%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedJun 9
Latest updateMay 24

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel 4.4 through 5.7.1. drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c has an integer overflow if k_ascii is called several times in a row, aka CID-b86dab054059. NOTE: Members in the community argue that the integer overflow does not lead to a security issue in this case.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

NVDlinux/linux_kernel4.54.9.227+6
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.7.6-1+3
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 4.4.0-186.216+2

Also affects: Debian Linux 9.0, Ubuntu Linux 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 20.04

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

8
GHSA
GHSA-f863-pmcq-8c6w: An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 52022-05-24
OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-hwe, linux-azure, linux-azure-4.15, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-4.15, linux-gke-4.15, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oem, linux-oracle, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities2020-09-03
OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.4, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.4, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.4, linux-hwe-5.4, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.4, linux-raspi, linux-raspi-5.4 vulnerabilities2020-09-03
OSV
linux-hwe, linux-aws-5.3, linux-azure-5.3, linux-gcp-5.3, linux-gke-5.3, linux-hwe, linux-oracle-5.3, linux-raspi2-5.3 vulnerabilities2020-07-31
OSV
linux-gke-5.0, linux-oem-osp1 vulnerabilities2020-07-27

📋Vendor Advisories

8
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2020-09-03
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2020-09-03
Ubuntu
linux kernel vulnerabilities2020-07-31
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2020-07-27
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2020-07-27
CVE-2020-13974 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound | cvebase