A flaw was found in the Linux kernel in versions before 5.9-rc6. When changing screen size, an out-of-bounds memory write can occur leading to memory corruption or a denial of service. Due to the nature of the flaw, privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled out.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2020-09-18T17:42:55

Updated: 2024-08-04T12:46:34.191Z

Reserved: 2020-06-17T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-14390

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-09-18T18:15:16.503

Modified: 2020-11-02T21:15:24.120

Link: CVE-2020-14390

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2020-09-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-14390 - Bugzilla