CVE-2020-36766

LOW EPSS 13.2%
Published Sep 18, 20232y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
3.3 CVSS 3.1
Low
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Published Sep 18, 2023 2y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.8.6. drivers/media/cec/core/cec-api.c leaks one byte of kernel memory on specific hardware to unprivileged users, because of directly assigning log_addrs with a hole in the struct.

CVSS Details

Base Score
3.3
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
1.4
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity None
Availability None

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
13.2% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel* <5.8.6

References 2

  • cdn.kernel.org https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.8.6
    Release Notes
  • github.com https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6c42227c3467549ddc65efe99c869021d2f4a570
    Patch

Remediation

  • github.com https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6c42227c3467549ddc65efe99c869021d2f4a570
    Patch