CVE-2020-14386
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel before 5.9-rc4. Memory corruption can be exploited to gain root privileges from unprivileged processes. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data
02 Description
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel before 5.9-rc4. Memory corruption can be exploited to gain root privileges from unprivileged processes. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data
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
- 1.30% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 70.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (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:H/I:H/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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2020-09-16 12:48Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 12:46Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-06-17
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 6.7)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 4c25cfc76b03055678ca35172273c73720eebda3fbf93851df39f7e159d4f22f
05 Affected products
06 References
- seclists.orghttps://seclists.org/oss-sec/2020/q3/146
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-14386
- git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=acf69c946233259ab4d64f8869d4037a198c7f06
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-468121099ehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RNCPXERMUHPSGF6S2VVFL5NVVPBBFB63/
- 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.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:1655http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00021.html
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159565/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0072-1.html
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20201030 [SECURITY] [DLA 2420-1] linux security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00032.html
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20201031 [SECURITY] [DLA 2420-2] linux regression updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00034.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20210916 Containers-optimized OS (COS) membership in the linux-distros listhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/17/2
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20210917 Re: Containers-optimized OS (COS) membership in the linux-distros listhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/17/4
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20210920 Re: Containers-optimized OS (COS) membership in the linux-distros listhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/21/1
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- linux Fixed in 5.8.8.arch1-1
- linux-hardened Fixed in 5.8.a-1
- linux-lts Fixed in 5.4.64-1
- linux-zen Fixed in 5.8.8.zen1-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- linux Fixed in 5.8.7-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- linux Fixed in 5.8.7-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- linux Fixed in 5.8.7-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- linux-aws-hwe Fixed in 4.15.0-1082.86~16.04.1
- linux-azure Fixed in 4.15.0-1095.105~16.04.1
- linux-gcp Fixed in 4.15.0-1083.94~16.04.1
- linux-hwe Fixed in 4.15.0-117.118~16.04.1
- linux-hwe-edge No fix yet
- linux-oracle Fixed in 4.15.0-1053.57~16.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- linux Fixed in 4.15.0-117.118
- linux-aws Fixed in 4.15.0-1082.86
- linux-aws-5.0 No fix yet
- linux-aws-5.3 Fixed in 5.3.0-1035.37
- linux-aws-5.4 Fixed in 5.4.0-1024.24~18.04.1
- linux-azure No fix yet
- linux-azure-4.15 Fixed in 4.15.0-1095.105
- linux-azure-5.3 No fix yet
- linux-azure-5.4 Fixed in 5.4.0-1025.25~18.04.1
- linux-azure-edge No fix yet
- linux-gcp No fix yet
- linux-gcp-4.15 Fixed in 4.15.0-1083.94
- linux-gcp-5.3 No fix yet
- linux-gcp-5.4 Fixed in 5.4.0-1024.24~18.04.1
- linux-gcp-edge No fix yet
- linux-gke-4.15 Fixed in 4.15.0-1069.72
- linux-gke-5.0 Fixed in 5.0.0-1047.48
- linux-gke-5.3 Fixed in 5.3.0-1036.38
- linux-hwe Fixed in 5.3.0-67.61
- linux-hwe-5.4 Fixed in 5.4.0-47.51~18.04.1
- linux-hwe-edge No fix yet
- linux-kvm Fixed in 4.15.0-1074.75
- linux-oem Fixed in 4.15.0-1096.106
- linux-oem-osp1 Fixed in 5.0.0-1068.73
- linux-oracle Fixed in 4.15.0-1053.57
- linux-oracle-5.0 No fix yet
- linux-oracle-5.3 No fix yet
- linux-oracle-5.4 Fixed in 5.4.0-1024.24~18.04.1
- linux-raspi-5.4 Fixed in 5.4.0-1018.20~18.04.1
- linux-raspi2 Fixed in 4.15.0-1070.74
- linux-raspi2-5.3 Fixed in 5.3.0-1033.35
- linux-snapdragon Fixed in 4.15.0-1086.94
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- linux Fixed in 5.4.0-47.51
- linux-aws Fixed in 5.4.0-1024.24
- linux-azure Fixed in 5.4.0-1025.25
- linux-azure-fde No fix yet
- linux-gcp Fixed in 5.4.0-1024.24
- linux-gke No fix yet
- linux-kvm Fixed in 5.4.0-1023.23
- linux-oem-5.6 Fixed in 5.6.0-1026.26
- linux-oracle Fixed in 5.4.0-1024.24
- linux-raspi Fixed in 5.4.0-1018.20
- linux-raspi2 No fix yet
- linux-riscv Fixed in 5.4.0-33.37
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- linux-intel-iot-realtime No fix yet
- linux-realtime No fix yet
- linux-riscv No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- linux-raspi-realtime No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- linux-azure Fixed in 4.15.0-1095.105~14.04.1Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS
- linux-aws-fips Fixed in 4.15.0-2026.26Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
- linux-azure-fips Fixed in 4.15.0-2008.9Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
- linux-fips Fixed in 4.15.0-1040.45Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS
- linux-aws-fips Fixed in 5.4.0-1069.73+fips2Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
- linux-azure-fips Fixed in 5.4.0-1073.76+fips1Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
- linux-gcp-fips Fixed in 5.4.0-1067.71~20.04.1Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 18.04 LTS
- linux-aws-fips No fix yet
- linux-azure-fips No fix yet
- linux-fips No fix yet
- linux-gcp-fips No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS
- linux-aws-fips No fix yet
- linux-azure-fips No fix yet
- linux-gcp-fips No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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