What is CVE-2020-36766?

CVE-2020-36766 is a Low severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 3.3 out of 10. CVE-2020-36766 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2020-36766?

CVE-2020-36766 has a CVSS score of 3.3 out of 10, rated Low severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2020-36766?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2020-36766. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2020-36766 actively exploited?

CVE-2020-36766 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2020-36766

Low

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.8.6. drivers/media/cec/core/cec-api.c leaks one byte of kernel memory on specific hardware to unprivileged users, because of directly assigning log_addrs with a hole in the struct.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2023-09-18

Last modified 2024-11-21

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.1 score

3.3

out of 10

Low

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Vector string

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

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2020-36766 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-5.8.6

Release Notes
Kernel patch commit
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6c42227c3467549ddc65efe99c869021d2f4a570
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2020-36766

Severity Low

CVSS score 3.3 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2023-09-18

Modified 2024-11-21

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-36766?

CVE-2020-36766 is a Low severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 3.3 out of 10 . CVE-2020-36766 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2020-36766?

CVE-2020-36766 has a CVSS score of 3.3 out of 10, rated Low severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2020-36766?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2020-36766. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2020-36766 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2020-36766 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.