CVE-2020-36158

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

2.21% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 81.0% 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

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

2021-01-05 04:25Z5 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 17:23Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2021-01-05

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

b1a2cffb60f81a5b431551d79832013e427a27d505a0dcd66dfda9296061138f

• patchwork.kernel.orghttps://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/20201206084801.26479-1-ruc_zhangxiaohui%40163.com/x_refsource_MISC
• lore.kernel.orghttps://lore.kernel.org/r/20201206084801.26479-1-ruc_zhangxiaohui%40163.comx_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/5c455c5ab332773464d02ba17015acdca198f03dx_refsource_MISC
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5c455c5ab332773464d02ba17015acdca198f03dx_refsource_MISC
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-3465ada1cahttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HCHBIRS27VMOGMBHPWP2R7SZRFXT6O6U/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• www.debian.orgDSA-4843https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4843vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210212-0002/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20210212 [SECURITY] [DLA 2557-1] linux-4.19 security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00018.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20210309 [SECURITY] [DLA 2586-1] linux security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00010.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST