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CVE-2020-14390

5.6 medium SSVC exploitation: none Modified
NVD · CVE.org

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel in versions before 5.9-rc6. When changing screen size, an out-of-bounds memory write can occur leading to memory corruption or a denial of service. Due to the nature of the flaw, privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled out.

Fix

Nothing published yet: no patch, vendor advisory or mitigation reference on NVD, no vendor advisory in the News for this CVE, not in CISA's KEV, no fixed package version. BaselineWatch does not guess at one.

Change history 1

  1. First seenCVSS 5.6 · linux, debianNVD modified 2026-10-08 21:17

Affected (CPE criteria) 8

  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.9.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.9.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.9.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.9.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.9.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.9.0:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References 10