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DEBIAN-CVE-2020-9391

DEBIAN-CVE-2020-9391 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel 5.4 and 5.5 through 5.5.6 on the AArch64 architecture. It ignores the top byte in the address passed to the brk system call, potentially moving the memory break downwards when the application expects it to move upwards, aka CID-dcde237319e6. This has been observed to cause heap corruption with the GNU C Library malloc implementation.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:11linux0, 0, 0
Debian:12linux0, 0, 0
Debian:13linux0, 0, 0
Debian:14linux0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Feb 25, 2020 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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