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Vulnerability · Published Feb 25, 2020 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2020-9383

High 7.1

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 0.8% (higher than 55% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.1High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.8%top 44.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel 3.16 through 5.5.6. set_fdc in drivers/block/floppy.c leads to a wait_til_ready out-of-bounds read because the FDC index is not checked for errors before assigning it, aka CID-2e90ca68b0d2.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux5.5.13-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-9383
Debian:13linux5.5.13-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-9383
Debian:14linux5.5.13-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-9383
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-9383
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-9383
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-9383
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-9383

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

References