What is CVE-2020-11494?

CVE-2020-11494 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.4 out of 10. CVE-2020-11494 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2020-11494?

CVE-2020-11494 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-2020-11494?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2020-11494 patch availability.

Is CVE-2020-11494 actively exploited?

CVE-2020-11494 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2020-11494

Medium

An issue was discovered in slc_bump in drivers/net/can/slcan.c in the Linux kernel 3.16 through 5.6.2. It allows attackers to read uninitialized can_frame data, potentially containing sensitive information from kernel stack memory, if the configuration lacks CONFIG_INIT_STACK_ALL, aka CID-b9258a2cece4.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2020-04-02

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-908

CVE-2020-11494 is classified as CWE-908

See CWE-908 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

13 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/commit/?id=08fadc32ce6239dc75fd5e869590e29bc62bbc28

Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory
GitHub
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b9258a2cece4ec1f020715fe3554bc2e360f6264

Patch Third Party Advisory
Lists
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00035.html

Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Packet Storm
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159565/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0072-1.html

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Debian Security
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00011.html

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2020-11494

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.4 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2020-04-02

Modified 2024-11-21

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-11494?

CVE-2020-11494 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.4 out of 10 . CVE-2020-11494 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2020-11494?

CVE-2020-11494 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-2020-11494?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2020-11494 patch availability.
Is CVE-2020-11494 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2020-11494 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.