CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-14390

5.6 MEDIUM Published 2020-09-18 Modified 2026-10-08 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2020-09-18
Last modified
2026-10-08
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.6 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-787

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel in versions before 5.9-rc6. When changing screen size, an out-of-bounds memory write can occur leading to memory corruption or a denial of service. Due to the nature of the flaw, privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled out.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (>= 2.2.3 < 5.9.0) • linux linux kernel 5.9.0 • debian debian linux 9.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness

References