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CVE-2020-14314

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 EPSS 0.36%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2020-09-15 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5. It affects Linux.

CVE
CVE-2020-14314
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.5
EPSS
0.36%
Linux

Original NVD Description

A memory out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the Linux kernel before 5.9-rc2 with the ext3/ext4 file system, in the way it accesses a directory with broken indexing. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system if the directory exists. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

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