CVE-2020-14390

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel in versions before 5.9-rc6. When changing screen size, an out-of-bounds memory write can occur leading to memory corruption or a denial of service. Due to the nature of the flaw, privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled out.

References

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00034.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00032.html

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1876788

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00021.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00001.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3