CVE-2020-8991
low-risk
Published 2020-02-14
vg_lookup in daemons/lvmetad/lvmetad-core.c in LVM2 2.02 mismanages memory, leading to an lvmetad memory leak, as demonstrated by running pvs. NOTE: RedHat disputes CVE-2020-8991 as not being a vulnerability since there’s no apparent route to either privilege escalation or to denial of service through the bug
Do I need to act?
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0.16% 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
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2
CVSS 2.3/10
Low
LOCAL
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (1)
Lvm2
Affected Vendors
16
/ 100
low-risk
Severity
10/34 · Low
Exploitability
1/34 · Minimal
Exposure
5/34 · Minimal