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CVE-2020-8832

Published: Apr 9, 2020

Modified: Sep 17, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

5.5

MEDIUM

Description

The fix for the Linux kernel in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS for CVE-2019-14615 ("The Linux kernel did not properly clear data structures on context switches for certain Intel graphics processors.") was discovered to be incomplete, meaning that in versions of the kernel before 4.15.0-91.92, an attacker could use this vulnerability to expose sensitive information.

VendorProductVersions

Ubuntu

18.04 LTS (bionic) Linux kernel

affected
4.15.x kernels - < 4.15.0-91.92

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-200

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

References

USN-4302-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU

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