CVE-2020-10732
MEDIUM
4.4
CVSS Score
Published: June 12, 2020 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:48 AM UTC
32 products affected across 5 vendorsLinux KernelUbuntu LinuxLeap
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Severity
MEDIUM4.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
Description
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of Userspace core dumps. This flaw allows an attacker with a local account to crash a trivial program and exfiltrate private kernel data.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%v < 3.16.854.14 ≤ v < 4.14.1834.19 ≤ v < 4.19.1264.4 ≤ v < 4.4.2264.9 ≤ v < 4.9.2265.4 ≤ v < 5.4.445.6 ≤ v < 5.6.16
Affected range stops below 3.16.85, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.14.183, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.19.126, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.4.226, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.9.226, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.4.44, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.6.16, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v ≥ 9.5
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00022.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00008.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-10732
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/?id=aca969cacf07f41070d788ce2b8ca71f09d5207d
- https://github.com/ruscur/linux/commit/a95cdec9fa0c08e6eeb410d461c03af8fd1fef0a
References (14)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00022.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00008.htmlIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-10732Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/google/kmsan/issues/76PatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/ruscur/linux/commit/a95cdec9fa0c08e6eeb410d461c03af8fd1fef0aThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210129-0005/CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- LOW
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- LOW
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-908
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