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CVE-2020-0404

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-0404 is a local escalation of privilege vulnerability in the Android kernel, specifically within the uvc_scan_chain_forward function of uvc_driver.c, affecting Google and Oracle Android products. This flaw, caused by a linked list corruption, allows an attacker to achieve kernel privileges without user interaction or additional execution rights. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), it carries a potential impact of high availability compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
22.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_cloud_native_core_binding_support_function:22.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
22.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_cloud_native_core_network_exposure_function:22.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
22.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_cloud_native_core_policy:22.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.23%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
14.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0023 is in the 62nd percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:4.18.0-372.9.1.rt7.166.el8
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-372.9.1.el8
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googlevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2020-0404Moderate

kernel: avoid cyclic entity chains due to malformed USB descriptors

Jan 16, 2021

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00001.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00021.html
Third Party Advisory
source.android.com / security/bulletin/2020-09-01
Vendor Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
Third Party Advisory