CVE•Published 2020-09-15•Modified 2026-10-07•0 articles on news•6 live references•NVD data

CVE-2020-14304Linux · Linux_kernel

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

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

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 70% of all CVEs

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-460Improper Cleanup on Thrown Exception CWE-755Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions

Description

A memory disclosure flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ethernet drivers, in the way it read data from the EEPROM of the device. This flaw allows a local user to read uninitialized values from the kernel memory. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.

Timeline

Published 2020-09-15

Modified 2026-10-07

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB GitHub PoC trickest/cve VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts

vuln:CVE-2020-14304

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · OS

os:"Linux Kernel"

Hosts Shodan identified as running Linux Kernel.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2020-14304

Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.

Censys

vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2020-14304