What is CVE-2020-36766?

CVE-2020-36766 is a low-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2023-09-18.

How severe is CVE-2020-36766?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

CVE-2020-36766

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.8.6. drivers/media/cec/core/cec-api.c leaks one byte of kernel memory on specific hardware to unprivileged users, because of directly assigning log_addrs with a hole in the struct.

EPSS: 0.002 (13.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.3 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Linux Linux_kernel
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch)
cve@mitre.org (Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-36766?: CVE-2020-36766 is a low-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2023-09-18.
How severe is CVE-2020-36766?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.