VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-14314

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.37%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-09-15
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

A memory out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the Linux kernel before 5.9-rc2 with the ext3/ext4 file system, in the way it accesses a directory with broken indexing. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system if the directory exists. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Weakness classification

  • secalert@redhat.com: CWE-125
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-125

Primary references