CVE-2020-36766

Published Sep 18, 2023

Last updated a year ago

Overview

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.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 3.3
Impact score: 1.4
Exploitability score: 1.8
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Severity: LOW

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

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            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "1242AC2C-0562-494C-87D2-C588833C8287",
            "versionEndExcluding": "5.8.6"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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