Linux Kernel CVE Statistics

11 Linux Kernel CVEs in December 2020

Full month · Source: NIST NVD

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In December 2020, 11 Linux kernel CVEs were published, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 7 were rated High severity and 4 Medium. No CVEs from this month have been confirmed as actively exploited via the CISA KEV catalog. December's 11 CVEs represent 8% of all 2020 Linux kernel CVEs , down from November's 18 (a 39% month-over-month decrease) .

11
Total CVEs
0
Critical
7
High
4
Medium
0
Low
0
KEV Exploited
All CVEs — December 2020 11 CVEs
All (11) Critical (0) High (7) Medium (4) Low (0)
CVE ID Package Severity CVSS Published Description
CVE-2020-29569 linux High 8.8 2020-12-15 An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.10.1, as used with Xen through 4.14.x. The Linux kernel PV block …
CVE-2020-14305 linux High 8.1 2020-12-02 An out-of-bounds memory write flaw was found in how the Linux kernel’s Voice Over IP H.323 connection tracking function…
CVE-2020-27786 linux High 7.8 2020-12-11 A flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s implementation of MIDI, where an attacker with a local account and the permissio…
CVE-2020-29661 linux High 7.8 2020-12-09 A locking issue was discovered in the tty subsystem of the Linux kernel through 5.9.13. drivers/tty/tty_jobctrl.c allow…
CVE-2020-29534 linux High 7.8 2020-12-03 An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.9.3. io_uring takes a non-refcounted reference to the files_struct…
CVE-2020-14381 linux High 7.8 2020-12-03 A flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s futex implementation. This flaw allows a local attacker to corrupt system memory…
CVE-2020-14351 linux High 7.8 2020-12-03 A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A use-after-free memory flaw was found in the perf subsystem allowing a local att…
CVE-2020-27825 linux Medium 5.7 2020-12-11 A use-after-free flaw was found in kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c in Linux kernel (before 5.10-rc1). There was a race probl…
CVE-2020-25704 linux Medium 5.5 2020-12-02 A flaw memory leak in the Linux kernel performance monitoring subsystem was found in the way if using PERF_EVENT_IOC_SE…
CVE-2020-29660 linux Medium 4.4 2020-12-09 A locking inconsistency issue was discovered in the tty subsystem of the Linux kernel through 5.9.13. drivers/tty/tty_i…
CVE-2020-25656 linux Medium 4.1 2020-12-02 A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A use-after-free was found in the way the console subsystem was using ioctls KDGK…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Linux kernel CVEs were published in December 2020?

11 Linux kernel CVEs were published in December 2020, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 0 were rated Critical severity, 7 High, and 4 Medium.

How does December 2020 compare to other months?

December 2020's 11 CVEs represent 8% of all 2020 Linux kernel CVEs. Compared to November's 18 CVEs, this was a 39% decrease month-over-month. View the full 2020 breakdown →

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