Vulnerability Details : CVE-2020-36766
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.
Products affected by CVE-2020-36766
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-36766
0.04%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 7 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2020-36766
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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3.3
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LOW | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
1.8
|
1.4
|
NIST |
References for CVE-2020-36766
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https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6c42227c3467549ddc65efe99c869021d2f4a570
cec-api: prevent leaking memory through hole in structure · torvalds/linux@6c42227 · GitHubPatch
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https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.8.6
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