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high 7.8

CVE-2020-0430 json

In skb_headlen of /include/linux/skbuff.h, there is a possible out of bounds read due to memory corruption.

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-1932

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 8%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In skb_headlen of /include/linux/skbuff.h, there is a possible out of bounds read due to memory corruption. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android kernelAndroid ID: A-153881554

Patch / fix

  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.17.8-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2020-0430

  • linux Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-44.47
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-1032.34
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.15.0-1027.28~16.04.1
  • linux-hwe Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.15.0-45.48~16.04.1
  • linux-kvm Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-1029.29
  • linux-oem Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-1033.38
  • linux-azure Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.15.0-1037.39~16.04.1
  • linux-oracle Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.15.0-1008.10~16.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2020-0430

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kernel-syms SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP4-LTSS, OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 +1 more 4.12.14-95.65.1
  • kernel-source SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP4-LTSS, OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 +1 more 4.12.14-95.65.1
  • kernel-default SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP4-LTSS, SLE Live Patching 12 SP4 +3 more 4.12.14-95.65.1
  • kernel-syms SLES for SAP 15, SLES 15-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15-LTSS +1 more 4.12.14-150.63.1
  • kernel-source SLES for SAP 15, SLES 15-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15-LTSS +1 more 4.12.14-150.63.1
  • kernel-default SLES for SAP 15, SLES 15-LTSS, SLE Live Patching 15 +3 more 4.12.14-150.63.1
  • kernel-vanilla SLES for SAP 15, SLES 15-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15-LTSS +1 more 4.12.14-150.63.1
  • kernel-obs-build SLES for SAP 15, SLES 15-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15-LTSS +1 more 4.12.14-150.63.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2020:3544-1SUSE-SU-2020:3532-1SUSE-SU-2020:3513-1SUSE-SU-2020:3512-1SUSE-SU-2020:3484-1SUSE-SU-2020:3449-1

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red hat product security vex CVE-2020-0430 updated cvss 7.8

kernel: possible out-of-bounds read in skb_headlen of /include/linux/skbuff.h

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-alt, python-perf, +9 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +82 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • n/a Android

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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