CVE-2020-14390

Summary

CVECVE-2020-14390
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-09-18 18:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-11-02 21:15:00 UTC
DescriptionA flaw was found in the Linux kernel in versions before 5.9-rc6. When changing screen size, an out-of-bounds memory write can occur leading to memory corruption or a denial of service. Due to the nature of the flaw, privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled out.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.9.0 - All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.9.0 rc1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.9.0 rc2 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.9.0 rc3 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.9.0 rc4 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.9.0 rc5 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.9.0 - All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.9.0 rc1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.9.0 rc2 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.9.0 rc3 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.9.0 rc4 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.9.0 rc5 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1655-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2420-2] linux regression update MLIST lists.debian.org
1876788 – (CVE-2020-14390) CVE-2020-14390 kernel: out-of-bounds write in fbcon_redraw_softback MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 2420-1] linux security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1586-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 160123 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for unbreakable enterprise kernel (ELSA-2022-9852)
  • 198328 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities (USN-4912-1)
  • 353100 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAC2012-2021-024
  • 353101 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kmod-mlx5 : ALAC2012-2021-025
  • 353102 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kmod-sfc : ALAC2012-2021-026
  • 353135 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2022-016
  • 390268 Oracle VM Server for x86 Security Update for kernel (OVMSA-2022-0026)
  • 6140395 AWS Bottlerocket Security Update for kernel (GHSA-6425-wpg4-f4vj)
  • 750376 OpenSUSE Security Update for RT kernel (openSUSE-SU-2021:0242-1)
  • 900076 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.4.91
  • 903298 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (3495)
  • 906217 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (3495-1)
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