VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-25211

CVSS score6 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.57%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-09-09
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Description

In the Linux kernel through 5.8.7, local attackers able to inject conntrack netlink configuration could overflow a local buffer, causing crashes or triggering use of incorrect protocol numbers in ctnetlink_parse_tuple_filter in net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c, aka CID-1cc5ef91d2ff.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-120

Primary references