CVE-2020-14314

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A memory out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the Linux kernel before 5.9-rc2 with the ext3/ext4 file system, in the way it accesses a directory with broken indexing. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system if the directory exists. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-125

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
Linux Kernelkernelbefore 5.9-rc2

References

Timeline

Published
Sep 15, 2020
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2020-14314: Medium severity, CVSS 5.5 | Vulnix