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Vulnerability · Published May 5, 2020 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2020-12653

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in the linux package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 39% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 60.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An issue was found in Linux kernel before 5.5.4. The mwifiex_cmd_append_vsie_tlv() function in drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/scan.c allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service because of an incorrect memcpy and buffer overflow, aka CID-b70261a288ea.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux5.5.13-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12653
Debian:13linux5.5.13-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12653
Debian:14linux5.5.13-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12653
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-12653
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-12653
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-12653
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-12653

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

References