CVE-2020-14314CWE-125

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…

Medium · published September 15, 2020

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
29.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00371 · 29.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read
Published
2020-09-15T00:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 15 SEP 00:00Z
    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…
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