Predictive Vulnerability Intelligence.

Product

  • Product
  • Pricing
  • Documentation

Company

  • About
  • Partnerships
  • Blog
  • Support

Legal

  • Terms
  • Privacy
  • Data Licensing

© 2026 FAUCET Technologies LLC. All rights reserved.

CVE-2020-36783

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-36783 describes a reference leak vulnerability in the Linux kernel's i2c-img-scb driver. This flaw occurs when pm_runtime_get_sync fails, leading to an unbalanced PM reference count. The vulnerability is rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.5) with a local attack vector and low attack complexity, potentially causing a denial of service (availability impact). There is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code available, and minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 4.15, < 5.4.119CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.5, < 5.10.37CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.11, < 5.11.21CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.12, < 5.12.4CPE 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
0.23%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
13.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0023 is in the 60th 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2020-36783Low

kernel: i2c: img-scb: fix reference leak when pm_runtime_get_sync fails

Feb 28, 2024

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/223125e37af8a641ea4a09747a6a52172fc4b903
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/4734c4b1d9573c9d20bbc46cf37dde095ee011b8
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/7ee35cde1e810ad6ca589980b9ec2b7b62946a5b
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/96c4a03658d661666c360959aa80cdabfe2972ed
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/e80ae8bde41266d3b8bf012460b6593851766006
Patch