What is CVE-2020-10773?

CVE-2020-10773 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.4 out of 10. CVE-2020-10773 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2020-10773?

CVE-2020-10773 has a CVSS score of 4.4 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2020-10773?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2020-10773. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2020-10773 actively exploited?

CVE-2020-10773 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2020-10773

Medium

A stack information leak flaw was found in s390/s390x in the Linux kernel’s memory manager functionality, where it incorrectly writes to the /proc/sys/vm/cmm_timeout file. This flaw allows a local user to see the kernel data.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2020-09-10

Last modified 2024-11-21

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.1 score

4.4

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness type

CWE-626

CVE-2020-10773 is classified as CWE-626

See CWE-626 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2020-10773 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-10773

Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b8e51a6a9db94bc1fb18ae831b3dab106b5a4b5f
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2020-10773

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.4 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2020-09-10

Modified 2024-11-21

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-10773?

CVE-2020-10773 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.4 out of 10 . CVE-2020-10773 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2020-10773?

CVE-2020-10773 has a CVSS score of 4.4 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2020-10773?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2020-10773. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2020-10773 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2020-10773 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.