Is CVE-2020-36766 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-36766 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-36766?

CVE-2020-36766 has a CVSS v3 base score of 3.3 (LOW).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-36766?

CVE-2020-36766 has an EPSS score of 0.23% (13th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-36766?

Upgrade linux on debian 11 to 5.8.7-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-36766

LOW

3.3

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.8.6. drivers/media/cec/core/cec-api.c leaks one byte of kernel memory on specific hardware to unprivileged users, because of directly assigning log_addrs with a hole in the struct.

How to fix

Remediation Available

linuxDebian

Fixed in:5.8.7-1CVE-2020-36766

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

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.23%probability of exploitation in 30 days

13thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 13% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

github.com

Release Notes1

cdn.kernel.org

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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.