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CVE-2020-14390

Public on 2020-09-18
Modified on 2020-10-27
Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. When changing screen size, an out-of-bounds memory write can occur leading to memory corruption or a denial of service. Due to the nature of the flaw, privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled out.

Severity
Low
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CVSS v3 Base Score
5.7
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 kernel 2020-10-26 18:08 ALAS-2020-1437
Amazon Linux 2 - Core kernel 2020-10-22 18:07 ALAS2-2020-1520
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.4 Extra kernel 2022-01-20 19:31 ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2022-016

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 5.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD CVSSv2 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD CVSSv3 5.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H