CVE-2020-14385: Linux Kernel kernel

Incorrect buffer size calculation in kernel

CVSS 5.5 MediumEPSS 0.0042 · 36th percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: redhat) at 15 Sept 2020, 21:14 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
Linux Kernel	kernel	affected before 5.9-rc4

Identifiers

CVE-2020-14385

CNA

redhat

Weakness (CWE)

CWE-131

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
5.5	Medium	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	CNA (redhat)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0042, the 36th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 15 Sept 2020. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f4020438fab05364018c91f7e02ebdd192085933
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-14385 confirm
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00025.html mailing-listmlist
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00001.html vendor-advisorysuse
usn.ubuntu.com/4576-1/ vendor-advisoryubuntu

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.