Linux Kernel CVE Statistics

12 Linux Kernel CVEs in February 2020

Full month · Source: NIST NVD

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In February 2020, 12 Linux kernel CVEs were published, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 4 were rated High severity and 8 Medium. No CVEs from this month have been confirmed as actively exploited via the CISA KEV catalog. February's 12 CVEs represent 9% of all 2020 Linux kernel CVEs , up from January's 7 (a 71% month-over-month increase) .

12
Total CVEs
0
Critical
4
High
8
Medium
0
Low
0
KEV Exploited
All CVEs — February 2020 12 CVEs
All (12) Critical (0) High (4) Medium (8) Low (0)
CVE ID Package Severity CVSS Published Description
CVE-2012-0055 linux High 7.8 2020-02-19 OverlayFS in the Linux kernel before 3.0.0-16.28, as used in Ubuntu 10.0.4 LTS and 11.10, is missing inode security che…
CVE-2020-9383 linux High 7.1 2020-02-25 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_r…
CVE-2020-8648 linux High 7.1 2020-02-06 There is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel through 5.5.2 in the n_tty_receive_buf_common function in d…
CVE-2011-0699 linux High 7.0 2020-02-20 Integer signedness error in the btrfs_ioctl_space_info function in the Linux kernel 2.6.37 allows local users to cause …
CVE-2009-4067 linux Medium 6.8 2020-02-11 Buffer overflow in the auerswald_probe function in the Auerswald Linux USB driver for the Linux kernel before 2.6.27 al…
CVE-2020-8647 linux Medium 6.1 2020-02-06 There is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel through 5.5.2 in the vc_do_resize function in drivers/tty/v…
CVE-2020-8649 linux Medium 5.9 2020-02-06 There is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel through 5.5.2 in the vgacon_invert_region function in drive…
CVE-2020-9391 linux Medium 5.5 2020-02-25 An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel 5.4 and 5.5 through 5.5.6 on the AArch64 architecture. It ignores the top b…
CVE-2011-2498 linux Medium 5.5 2020-02-20 The Linux kernel from v2.3.36 before v2.6.39 allows local unprivileged users to cause a denial of service (memory consu…
CVE-2011-4915 linux Medium 5.5 2020-02-20 fs/proc/base.c in the Linux kernel through 3.1 allows local users to obtain sensitive keystroke information via access …
CVE-2020-8992 linux Medium 5.5 2020-02-14 ext4_protect_reserved_inode in fs/ext4/block_validity.c in the Linux kernel through 5.5.3 allows attackers to cause a d…
CVE-2012-0810 linux Medium 5.5 2020-02-12 The int3 handler in the Linux kernel before 3.3 relies on a per-CPU debug stack, which allows local users to cause a de…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Linux kernel CVEs were published in February 2020?

12 Linux kernel CVEs were published in February 2020, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 0 were rated Critical severity, 4 High, and 8 Medium.

How does February 2020 compare to other months?

February 2020's 12 CVEs represent 9% of all 2020 Linux kernel CVEs. Compared to January's 7 CVEs, this was a 71% increase month-over-month. View the full 2020 breakdown →

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