VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-27784

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.23%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-09-01
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 vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel, where accessing a deallocated instance in printer_ioctl() printer_ioctl() tries to access of a printer_dev instance. However, use-after-free arises because it had been freed by gprinter_free().

Weakness classification

  • secalert@redhat.com: CWE-201
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-416

Primary references