Vulnerability · Published Aug 22, 2023 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2020-26652

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity uncontrolled resource consumption in the rtl8812au package (Ubuntu). Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 55% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 45.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An issue was discovered in function nl80211_send_chandef in rtl8812au v5.6.4.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSrtl8812auno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-26652
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSrtl8812auno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-26652

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

Weakness: CWE-400

References