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CVE-2020-15437

CVSS v3.1 4.4 (Medium)
44% Progress
CVSS v2.0 4.9 (Medium)
49% Progress
EPSS 0.04 % (5th)
0.04% Progress
Affected Products 1
Advisories 23
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The Linux kernel before version 5.8 is vulnerable to a NULL pointer dereference in drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c:serial8250_isa_init_ports() that allows local users to cause a denial of service by using the p->serial_in pointer which uninitialized.

Weaknesses
CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
openEuler
Published Date
2020-11-23 21:15:11
(3 years ago)
Updated Date
2020-12-02 19:24:52
(3 years ago)

Affected Products

Linux

Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Linux Kernel prior 5.8 version cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel < 5.8