CVE-2020-1712

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-1712
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-1712.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2020-1712
Downstream
Related
Published
2020-03-31T17:15:26.577Z
Modified
2026-05-15T12:04:04.900479936Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

A heap use-after-free vulnerability was found in systemd before version v245-rc1, where asynchronous Polkit queries are performed while handling dbus messages. A local unprivileged attacker can abuse this flaw to crash systemd services or potentially execute code and elevate their privileges, by sending specially crafted dbus messages.

Database specific 
{
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "9.0"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ceph_storage:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "redhat:ceph_storage",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "4.0"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "redhat:enterprise_linux",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "8.0"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:a:redhat:migration_toolkit:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "redhat:migration_toolkit",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "1.0"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "redhat:openshift_container_platform",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "4.0"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages