ghsa-4vqp-m886-hqhq
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-24 17:28
Modified
2022-10-12 12:00
Details

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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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2020-14314"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-125"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2020-09-15T20:15:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
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  "id": "GHSA-4vqp-m886-hqhq",
  "modified": "2022-10-12T12:00:21Z",
  "published": "2022-05-24T17:28:18Z",
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    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00025.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00032.html"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00034.html"
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      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4576-1"
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    {
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      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4578-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4579-1"
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}


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