CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2020-14314

A memory out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the Linux kernel before 5.9-rc2 with the ext3/ext4 file system, in the way it accesses a directory with broken indexing. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system if the directory exists. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

2.1 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

5.5 /10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5872331b3d91820e14716632ebb56b1399b34fe1 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-14314 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-ext4/f53e246b-647c-64bb-16ec-135383c70ad7@redhat.com/T/#u Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00025.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4576-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4578-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4579-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00034.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00032.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.starwindsoftware.com/security/sw-20210325-0003/ Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.9.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:starwindsoftware:starwind_virtual_san:v8:build12533:*:*:*:vsphere:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:starwindsoftware:starwind_virtual_san:v8:build12658:*:*:*:vsphere:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:starwindsoftware:starwind_virtual_san:v8:build12859:*:*:*:vsphere:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:starwindsoftware:starwind_virtual_san:v8:build13170:*:*:*:vsphere:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:starwindsoftware:starwind_virtual_san:v8:build13586:*:*:*:vsphere:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:starwindsoftware:starwind_virtual_san:v8:build13861:*:*:*:vsphere:*:*
Information

Published : 2020-09-15 08:15

Updated : 2022-10-25 05:00

NVD link : CVE-2020-14314

Mitre link : CVE-2020-14314

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read