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Vulnerability · Published Nov 28, 2020 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2020-29371

Low 3.3

In plain English

A low-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 0.7% (higher than 54% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)3.3Low
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 45.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An issue was discovered in romfs_dev_read in fs/romfs/storage.c in the Linux kernel before 5.8.4. Uninitialized memory leaks to userspace, aka CID-bcf85fcedfdd.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux5.8.7-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-29371
Debian:13linux5.8.7-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-29371
Debian:14linux5.8.7-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-29371
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-29371
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-29371
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-29371

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

References