Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2020-14386

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel before 5.9-rc4. Memory corruption can be exploited to gain root privileges from unprivileged processes. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity.

  • Published: Sep 16, 2020
  • Updated: Nov 16, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2020-14386
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 6.7
  • AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.2
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
linux / linux_kernel 5.9.0-rc1 5.9.0-rc1.x
linux / linux_kernel 5.9.0-rc2 5.9.0-rc2.x
linux / linux_kernel 5.9.0-rc3 5.9.0-rc3.x
linux / linux_kernel 4.6 4.9.239
linux / linux_kernel 4.10 4.14.201
linux / linux_kernel 4.15 4.19.150
linux / linux_kernel 4.20 5.4.64
linux / linux_kernel 5.5 5.8.8
debian / debian_linux 9.0 9.0.x
fedoraproject / fedora 33 33.x
opensuse / leap 15.1 15.1.x