CVE-2020-27673 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2020-27673

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.9.1,...

Vulnerability Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.9.1, as used with Xen through 4.14.x. Guest OS users can cause a denial of service (host OS hang) via a high rate of events to dom0, aka CID-e99502f76271.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

linux kernel, debian linux, leap, xen
Vulnerable Versions:
2.6.12, 4.5.0, 4.10.0, 4.15.0, 4.20.0, 5.5.0, 5.10, 9.0, 15.1, 15.2, 0

Timeline

Official Publish: October 22nd, 2020
Last Modified: August 4th, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.