CVE•Published 2020-04-02•Modified 2026-10-08•0 articles on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2020-11494Linux · Linux_kernel
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CVSS v3.1
4.4
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS percentile
53
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 47% of all CVEs
Description
An issue was discovered in slc_bump in drivers/net/can/slcan.c in the Linux kernel 3.16 through 5.6.2. It allows attackers to read uninitialized can_frame data, potentially containing sensitive information from kernel stack memory, if the configuration lacks CONFIG_INIT_STACK_ALL, aka CID-b9258a2cece4.
Timeline
Published 2020-04-02
Modified 2026-10-08
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