CVE-2020-24455
Missing initialization of a variable in the TPM2 source may allow a privileged user to potentially enable an escalation of privilege via local access. This affects tpm2-tss before 3.0.1 and before
02 Description
Missing initialization of a variable in the TPM2 source may allow a privileged user to potentially enable an escalation of privilege via local access. This affects tpm2-tss before 3.0.1 and before
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
- 0.58% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 47.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.7 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/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
- Low. 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
- 2021-02-26 02:55Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 15:12Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-08-19
- Assigning CNA
- intel
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- ac1906fc7c262c495deabba47e5ec693de2ba4c66b54ef58383abc171b8cffbe
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1902167
- github.comhttps://github.com/tpm2-software/tpm2-tss/releases/tag/2.4.3
- github.comhttps://github.com/tpm2-software/tpm2-tss/releases/tag/3.0.1
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-fa78f3ca9fhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7KPOENCMJU4DMT3BDNUBRK25B3DJ47UO/
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202107-10https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-10
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- tpm2-tss Fixed in 3.0.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- tpm2-tss Fixed in 3.0.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- tpm2-tss Fixed in 3.0.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. 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.