Linux Kernel CVE Statistics

7 Linux Kernel CVEs in January 2020

Full month · Source: NIST NVD

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In January 2020, 7 Linux kernel CVEs were published, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 2 were rated High severity and 5 Medium. No CVEs from this month have been confirmed as actively exploited via the CISA KEV catalog. January's 7 CVEs represent 5% of all 2020 Linux kernel CVEs , down from December's 41 (a 83% month-over-month decrease) .

7
Total CVEs
0
Critical
2
High
5
Medium
0
Low
0
KEV Exploited
All CVEs — January 2020 7 CVEs
All (7) Critical (0) High (2) Medium (5) Low (0)
CVE ID Package Severity CVSS Published Description
CVE-2020-7053 linux High 7.8 2020-01-14 In the Linux kernel 4.14 longterm through 4.14.165 and 4.19 longterm through 4.19.96 (and 5.x before 5.2), there is a u…
CVE-2020-8428 linux High 7.1 2020-01-29 fs/namei.c in the Linux kernel before 5.5 has a may_create_in_sticky use-after-free, which allows local users to cause …
CVE-2019-19332 linux Medium 6.1 2020-01-09 An out-of-bounds memory write issue was found in the Linux Kernel, version 3.13 through 5.4, in the way the Linux kerne…
CVE-2007-4774 linux Medium 5.9 2020-01-15 The Linux kernel before 2.4.36-rc1 has a race condition. It was possible to bypass systrace policies by flooding the pt…
CVE-2019-20422 linux Medium 5.5 2020-01-27 In the Linux kernel before 5.3.4, fib6_rule_lookup in net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c mishandles the RT6_LOOKUP_F_DST_NOREF flag in …
CVE-2019-18282 linux Medium 5.3 2020-01-16 The flow_dissector feature in the Linux kernel 4.3 through 5.x before 5.3.10 has a device tracking vulnerability, aka C…
CVE-2019-3016 linux Medium 4.7 2020-01-31 In a Linux KVM guest that has PV TLB enabled, a process in the guest kernel may be able to read memory locations from a…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Linux kernel CVEs were published in January 2020?

7 Linux kernel CVEs were published in January 2020, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 0 were rated Critical severity, 2 High, and 5 Medium.

How does January 2020 compare to other months?

January 2020's 7 CVEs represent 5% of all 2020 Linux kernel CVEs. Compared to December's 41 CVEs, this was a 83% decrease month-over-month. View the full 2020 breakdown →

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