CVE-2020-8834

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

0.35% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 27.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.5 (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:C/C:N/I:N/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.

Published

2020-04-09 22:10Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-09-16 22:03Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-02-10

Assigning CNA

canonical

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.5)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-368Context Switching Race ConditionBase
• CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')Class
• CWE-121Stack-based Buffer OverflowVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

3a804b4a4132428f19f41af5b1aa349285aa207b6b9ddc017839db0b30e51785

• www.openwall.comhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/04/06/2x_refsource_MISC
• usn.ubuntu.comhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4318-1x_refsource_MISC
• bugs.launchpad.nethttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1867717x_refsource_MISC
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4318-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4318-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:0543http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00035.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE