CVE-2020-14386

high
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
8.0

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel before 5.9-rc4. Memory corruption can be exploited to gain root privileges from unprivileged processes. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-14386

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14386.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed5.8.8.arch1-1
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed5.8.7-1
debian debianbullseyefixed5.8.7-1
debian debianforkyfixed5.8.7-1
debian debiansidfixed5.8.7-1
debian debiantrixiefixed5.8.7-1

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.