Vulnerability CVE-2020-11668
Published: 2020-04-09

Description:
In the Linux kernel before 5.6.1, drivers/media/usb/gspca/xirlink_cit.c (aka the Xirlink camera USB driver) mishandles invalid descriptors, aka CID-a246b4d54770.

Type:

CWE-20

 (Improper Input Validation)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Linux -> Linux kernel 

 References:
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.6.1
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a246b4d547708f33ff4d4b9a7a5dbac741dc89d8
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a246b4d547708f33ff4d4b9a7a5dbac741dc89d8
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