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CVE-2020-14314

Published: Sep 15, 2020

Modified: Aug 4, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

5.5

MEDIUM

Description

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.

VendorProductVersions

Linux Kernel

kernel

affected
before 5.9-rc2

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-125

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

References

USN-4576-1
vendor-advisory
USN-4578-1
vendor-advisory
USN-4579-1
vendor-advisory

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