CVE-2020-13696
An issue was discovered in LinuxTV xawtv before 3.107. The function dev_open() in v4l-conf.c does not perform sufficient checks to prevent an unprivileged caller of the program from opening unintended
02 Description
An issue was discovered in LinuxTV xawtv before 3.107. The function dev_open() in v4l-conf.c does not perform sufficient checks to prevent an unprivileged caller of the program from opening unintended
03 Exploitation and scoring
- 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
- 0.35% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 28.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 4.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2020-06-08 16:32Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 12:25Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-05-29
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-863Incorrect AuthorizationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- d389be2b559ced7a9852e0a9f6b49c12887c5ccc82f419636441005e21601065
05 Affected products
06 References
- git.linuxtv.orghttps://git.linuxtv.org/xawtv3.git/commit/?id=31f31f9cbaee7be806cba38e0ff5431bd44b20a3
- git.linuxtv.orghttps://git.linuxtv.org/xawtv3.git/commit/?id=36dc44e68e5886339b4a0fbe3f404fb1a4fd2292
- git.linuxtv.orghttps://git.linuxtv.org/xawtv3.git/commit/?id=8e3feea862db68d3ca0886f46cd99fab45d2db7c
- bugzilla.suse.comhttps://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-13696
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/06/04/6
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:0784http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00009.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:0787http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00013.html
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20200612 [SECURITY] [DLA 2246-1] xawtv security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00018.html
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4518-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4518-1/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-cd5ad916e4https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ELOXU5LXQSQOXX64D4BICZV3TQWOBXHC/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-93db553bb7https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/I7XWAO7W2DGA6M52JGK2TDWUGF62Q2KY/
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- xawtv Fixed in 3.107-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- xawtv Fixed in 3.107-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- xawtv Fixed in 3.107-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- xawtv Fixed in 3.103-3+deb8u1build0.16.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- xawtv No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- xawtv No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.