CVE-2020-6070
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: August 10, 2020 at 01:13 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:22 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsFedoraF2FS Tools
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the file system checking functionality of fsck.f2fs 1.12.0. A specially crafted f2fs file can cause a logic flaw and out-of-bounds heap operations, resulting in code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (2)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3SZ4HMQKNI35NBWJI6XMJBGWPEKZRR72/x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-0988CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-131
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