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Vulnerability · Published Jan 5, 2021 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2020-36158

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in the kernel-tools-libs-devel package (AlmaLinux). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.3% (higher than 83% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)2.3%top 16.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

mwifiex_cmd_802_11_ad_hoc_start in drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/join.c in the Linux kernel through 5.10.4 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long SSID value, aka CID-5c455c5ab332.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:8kernel-tools-libs-devel4.18.0-348.el8ALSA-2021:4356
Debian:12linux5.10.5-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36158
Debian:13linux5.10.5-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36158
Debian:14linux5.10.5-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36158
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-36158
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-36158
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-36158

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

References