CVE-2020-16127

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

An Ubuntu-specific modification to AccountsService in versions before 0.6.55-0ubuntu13.2, among other earlier versions, would perform unbounded read operations on user-controlled ~/.pam_environment files, allowing an infinite loop if /dev/zero is symlinked to this location.

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-20 CWE-835

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Nov 11, 2020
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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