Is CVE-2020-12653 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-12653 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-12653?

CVE-2020-12653 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-12653?

CVE-2020-12653 has an EPSS score of 0.43% (35th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-12653?

Upgrade linux on debian 11 to 5.5.13-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-12653

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An issue was found in Linux kernel before 5.5.4. The mwifiex_cmd_append_vsie_tlv() function in drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/scan.c allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service because of an incorrect memcpy and buffer overflow, aka CID-b70261a288ea.

CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write

How to fix

Remediation Available

linuxDebian

Fixed in:5.5.13-1CVE-2020-12653

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.43%probability of exploitation in 30 days

35thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 35% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch2

Vendor Advisory1

cdn.kernel.org

Third-Party Advisory7

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2025-22457	Critical	9.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2025-0282	Critical	9.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2015-3113	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2021-20038	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2023-4863	High	8.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-16040	Medium	6.5	100%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.