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CVE-2020-27673

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-27673 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Linux kernel (through 5.9.1) when used with Xen (through 4.14.x). A malicious guest OS user can trigger a host OS hang by sending a high rate of events to dom0. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring low privileges, and resulting in high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage for this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2.6.12, < 4.4.244CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.5.0, < 4.9.244CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.10.0, < 4.14.207CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.15.0, < 4.19.155CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.20.0, < 5.4.75CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
34.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0042 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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 (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2020-27673

kernel: xen: guest OS users can cause a DoS via a high rate of events to dom0 (XSA-332)

Oct 20, 2020

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00075.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00025.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/e99502f76271d6bc4e374fe368c50c67a1fd3070
PatchThird Party Advisory
git.kernel.org / cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit
PatchVendor Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00015.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00027.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202011-06
Third Party Advisory
xenbits.xen.org / xsa/advisory-332.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2021/01/19/6
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory