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CVE-2020-14314
published 2020-09-15

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…

PriorityP421medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.36%
27.5th percentile
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.

Affected

19 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
canonicalubuntu_linux
canonicalubuntu_linux
canonicalubuntu_linux
canonicalubuntu_linux
debiandebian_linux
debianlinux< linux 5.8.7-1 (bookworm)linux 5.8.7-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux_kernel<= 5.8.9
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.8.7-15.8.7-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.8.7-15.8.7-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.8.7-15.8.7-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.8.7-15.8.7-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.4.0-193.2244.4.0-193.224
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.15.0-121.1234.15.0-121.123
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.4.0-51.565.4.0-51.56
linux_kernelkernel
msrccm1_kernel_5.4.91-3_on_cbl_mariner_1.0
paloaltopan-os
starwindsoftwarestarwind_virtual_san

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.02.1LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
vendor_msrc5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
vendor_ubuntu5.5MEDIUM
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