CVE-2020-14386 (GCVE-0-2020-14386)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-09-16 12:48
Modified
2024-08-04 12:46
Severity ?
6.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Summary
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel before 5.9-rc4. Memory corruption can be exploited to gain root privileges from unprivileged processes. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity.
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Linux Kernel kernel Version: before 5.9-rc4
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