CVE-2020-12888

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 33.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2020-05-15 17:02Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 12:11Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-05-15

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-755Improper Handling of Exceptional ConditionsClass
• CWE-248Uncaught ExceptionBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

4d4e3cb6c50491ddc327cb82f6c92772c5231080249a53496c1bd9116e6bc28f

• lore.kernel.orghttps://lore.kernel.org/kvm/158871570274.15589.10563806532874116326.stgit%40gimli.home/x_refsource_MISC
• lore.kernel.orghttps://lore.kernel.org/kvm/158871401328.15589.17598154478222071285.stgit%40gimli.home/x_refsource_MISC
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20200519 CVE-2020-12888 Kernel: vfio: access to disabled MMIO space of some devices may lead to DoS scenariohttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/05/19/6mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-57bf620276https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NXGMJHWTMQI34NJZ4BHL3ZVF264AWBF2/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-5436586091https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CBEHRQQZTKJTPQFPY3JAO7MQ4JAFEQNW/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200608-0001/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:0935http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00008.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:1153http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00009.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4526-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4526-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4525-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4525-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20200928 [SECURITY] [DLA 2385-1] linux-4.19 security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00025.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20201030 [SECURITY] [DLA 2420-1] linux security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00032.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20201031 [SECURITY] [DLA 2420-2] linux regression updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00034.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST