What is CVE-2020-12465?

CVE-2020-12465 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.7 out of 10. CVE-2020-12465 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2020-12465?

CVE-2020-12465 has a CVSS score of 6.7 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:H/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2020-12465?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2020-12465. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2020-12465 actively exploited?

CVE-2020-12465 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2020-12465

Medium

An array overflow was discovered in mt76_add_fragment in drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/dma.c in the Linux kernel before 5.5.10, aka CID-b102f0c522cf. An oversized packet with too many rx fragments can corrupt memory of adjacent pages.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2020-04-29

Last modified 2024-11-21

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.1 score

6.7

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Vector string

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

Weakness type

CWE-120

CVE-2020-12465 is classified as CWE-120

See CWE-120 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2020-12465 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Kernel.org
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.5.10

Release Notes Vendor Advisory
Security
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200608-0001/

Third Party Advisory
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b102f0c522cf668c8382c56a4f771b37d011cda2
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b102f0c522cf668c8382c56a4f771b37d011cda2
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2020-12465

Severity Medium

CVSS score 6.7 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2020-04-29

Modified 2024-11-21

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-12465?

CVE-2020-12465 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.7 out of 10 . CVE-2020-12465 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2020-12465?

CVE-2020-12465 has a CVSS score of 6.7 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:H/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2020-12465?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2020-12465. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2020-12465 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2020-12465 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.