CVE-2020-14314

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-14314
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-14314.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2020-14314
Downstream
Related
Published
2020-09-15T20:15:13.213Z
Modified
2026-04-15T23:59:40.385876567Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
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.

Database specific 
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}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
d012a7190fc1fd72ed48911e77ca97ba4521bccd
Fixed
5872331b3d91820e14716632ebb56b1399b34fe1
Database specific 
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        {
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        },
        {
            "fixed": "5.9-rc2"
        }
    ],
    "source": [
        "DESCRIPTION",
        "REFERENCES"
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-14314.json"