CVE-2020-36789

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.19% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 8.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.5 (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:N/I:N/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

2025-04-17 18:01Z1 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-05-11 13:42Z5 MO AGO

Reserved

2024-02-26

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 5.5)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

6bbac7ac2fa35498497589d503fd9e88dc697aa7bfd1d9e6c1b00afe3da53229

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/248b71ce92d4f3a574b2537f9838f48e892618f4
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/451187b20431924d13fcfecc500d7cd2d9951bac
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a922a85701939624484e7f2fd07d32beed00d25
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e4cf2ec0ca236c3e5f904239cec6efe1f3baf22
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab46748bf98864f9c3f5559060bf8caf9df2b41e
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87530b557affe01c764de32dbeb58cdf47234574
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2283f79b22684d2812e5c76fc2280aae00390365