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Vulnerability · Published Jun 18, 2020 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2020-14416

Medium 4.2

In plain English

A medium-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 0.3% (higher than 24% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)4.2Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 76.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel before 5.4.16, a race condition in tty->disc_data handling in the slip and slcan line discipline could lead to a use-after-free, aka CID-0ace17d56824. This affects drivers/net/slip/slip.c and drivers/net/can/slcan.c.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux5.4.19-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14416
Debian:13linux5.4.19-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14416
Debian:14linux5.4.19-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14416
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-14416
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-14416
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-14416
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-14416

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

References