CVE-2020-16166

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

5.22% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 92.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

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

Red Hat severity

Moderate. 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

2020-07-30 20:05Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 13:37Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-07-30

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-330Use of Insufficiently Random ValuesClass
• CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

87b72def4914e5147e6a017b423c2b5a6459ef35c5bf89a1a6c721f5ba33cd2f

• github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f227e3ec3b5cad859ad15666874405e8c1bbc1d4x_refsource_MISC
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f227e3ec3b5cad859ad15666874405e8c1bbc1d4x_refsource_MISC
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:1153http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00009.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-8d634e31c0https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MFBCLQWJI5I4G25TVJNLXLAXJ4MERQNW/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-2cd6393548https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AAPTLPAEKVAJYJ4LHN7VH4CN2W75R2YW/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:1236http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00047.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
• www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200814-0004/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c51f8f88d705e06bd696d7510aff22b33eb8e638x_refsource_MISC
• arxiv.orghttps://arxiv.org/pdf/2012.07432.pdfx_refsource_MISC