CVE-2020-15437
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15437
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-15437.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2020-15437
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2020-11-23T21:15:11Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T20:01:25Z
- Severity
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- 4.4 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The Linux kernel before version 5.8 is vulnerable to a NULL pointer dereference in drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250core.c:serial8250isainitports() that allows local users to cause a denial of service by using the p->serial_in pointer which uninitialized.
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