CVE-2020-8991

vg_lookup in daemons/lvmetad/lvmetad-core.c in LVM2 2.02 mismanages memory, leading to an lvmetad memory leak, as demonstrated by running pvs

published February 14, 2020

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
24.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

vg_lookup in daemons/lvmetad/lvmetad-core.c in LVM2 2.02 mismanages memory, leading to an lvmetad memory leak, as demonstrated by running pvs. NOTE: RedHat disputes CVE-2020-8991 as not being a vulnerability since there’s no apparent route to either privilege escalation or to denial of service through the bug

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00328 · 24.7th percentile
Published
2020-02-14T04:27Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 14 FEB 04:27Z
    vg_lookup in daemons/lvmetad/lvmetad-core.c in LVM2 2.02 mismanages memory, leading to an lvmetad memory leak, as demonstrated by running pvs
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