Is CVE-2020-16127 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-16127 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-16127?

CVE-2020-16127 has a CVSS v3 base score of 2.8 (LOW).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-16127?

CVE-2020-16127 has an EPSS score of 0.41% (33th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-16127?

Upgrade accountsservice on ubuntu 16.04 to 0.6.40-2ubuntu11.6 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-16127

LOW

2.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An Ubuntu-specific modification to AccountsService in versions before 0.6.55-0ubuntu13.2, among other earlier versions, would perform unbounded read operations on user-controlled ~/.pam_environment files, allowing an infinite loop if /dev/zero is symlinked to this location.

CWE-20Improper Input Validation CWE-835

How to fix

Remediation Available

accountsserviceUbuntu

Fixed in:0.6.40-2ubuntu11.6USN-4616-1

Fixed in:0.6.45-1ubuntu1.3USN-4616-1

Fixed in:0.6.55-0ubuntu12~20.04.4USN-4616-1

libaccountsservice0Ubuntu

Fixed in:0.6.40-2ubuntu11.6USN-4616-1

Fixed in:0.6.45-1ubuntu1.3USN-4616-1

Fixed in:0.6.55-0ubuntu12~20.04.4USN-4616-1

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 InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityLow

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.41%probability of exploitation in 30 days

33rdpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 33% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

securitylab.github.com

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CVE-2024-3400	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2021-45105	Medium	5.9	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-44228	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2021-21985	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2018-7600	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2020-3452	High	7.5	100%	KEV	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.