CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.7. It affects Linux. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.
Public Exploit Signal
A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.
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CVE
CVE-2020-12659
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.7
EPSS
0.71%
Linux
Original NVD Description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.6.7. xdp_umem_reg in net/xdp/xdp_umem.c has an out-of-bounds write (by a user with the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability) because of a lack of headroom validation.
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