In the netlink driver, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a race condition.

published 2020-03-10 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-1573

cvss: 6.4; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.1%; EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 3%
public exploits: 0; none known

In the netlink driver, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a race condition. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android kernelAndroid ID: A-65025077

Patch / fix

distros 1

linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.2.5-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2020-0066

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Exploit prediction

0.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 3% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	6.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.9	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

n/a Android

Classification

Weakness

CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

References

source.android.com /security/bulletin/pixel/2020-03-01
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-0066
NVD CVE-2020-0066

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