CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-14331

6.6 MEDIUM Published 2020-09-15 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2020-09-15
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
6.6 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-787

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s implementation of the invert video code on VGA consoles when a local attacker attempts to resize the console, calling an ioctl VT_RESIZE, which causes an out-of-bounds write to occur. This flaw allows a local user with access to the VGA console to crash the system, potentially escalating their privileges on the system. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (<= 5.7.19) • linux linux kernel 5.8.0 • redhat enterprise linux 7.0 • redhat enterprise linux 8.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness

References