VDB
CVE-2020-16127
CVE-2020-16127
PUBLISHED
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.
EPSS 0.17% · 38.4th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.17%
38.4th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | accountsservice | 0, 0.6.55-0ubuntu10, 0.6.55-0ubuntu12~20.04.1 |
Exploit Intelligence
Timeline
- Nov 3, 2020 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 27, 2021 EPSS Score
- May 1, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-16127 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4616-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-16127 third-party-advisory