Ubuntu 18.04 Linux kernel i915 incomplete fix for CVE-2019-14615 (Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) Linux kernel)

CVE-2020-8832
MEDIUM 5.5

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.45 % · percentile 39 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
canonical
NVD status
Modified

Description

The fix for the Linux kernel in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS for CVE-2019-14615 ("The Linux kernel did not properly clear data structures on context switches for certain Intel graphics processors.") was discovered to be incomplete, meaning that in versions of the kernel before 4.15.0-91.92, an attacker could use this vulnerability to expose sensitive information.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-200 — Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Ncanonical
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NNVD · security@ubuntu.com (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 2.0LOW 2.1AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:NNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS (bionic) Linux kernelaffected 4.15.x kernels < 4.15.0-91.92

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD