What is CVE-2020-12770?

CVE-2020-12770 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.7 out of 10. CVE-2020-12770 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2020-12770?

CVE-2020-12770 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-2020-12770?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2020-12770 patch availability.

Is CVE-2020-12770 actively exploited?

CVE-2020-12770 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2020-12770

Medium

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.6.11. sg_write lacks an sg_remove_request call in a certain failure case, aka CID-83c6f2390040.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2020-05-09

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

References

16 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=83c6f2390040f188cc25b270b4befeb5628c1aee

Mailing List Patch
Lkml
https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/4/13/870

Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
Debian Security
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00011.html

Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Debian Security
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00012.html

Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Debian Security
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00013.html

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2020-12770

Severity Medium

CVSS score 6.7 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2020-05-09

Modified 2024-11-21

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-12770?

CVE-2020-12770 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.7 out of 10 . CVE-2020-12770 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2020-12770?

CVE-2020-12770 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-2020-12770?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2020-12770 patch availability.
Is CVE-2020-12770 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2020-12770 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.