CVE-2020-29371

low-risk
Published 2020-11-28

An issue was discovered in romfs_dev_read in fs/romfs/storage.c in the Linux kernel before 5.8.4. Uninitialized memory leaks to userspace, aka CID-bcf85fcedfdd.

Do I need to act?

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0.05% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
3
CVSS 3.3/10 Low
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Linux

References (8)

Exploit https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=2077
Release Notes https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.8.4
Patch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=29...
Patch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=bc...
Exploit https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=2077
Release Notes https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.8.4
Patch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=29...
Patch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=bc...
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low-risk
Severity 13/34 · Low
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal