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CVE-2020-36786

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-36786 is a memory leak vulnerability (CWE-401) affecting the Linux kernel, specifically within the atomisp media driver. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) allows a local attacker with low privileges to cause a denial of service (availability impact) with low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.10, < 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
0.22%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
12.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0022 is in the 57th 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-2020-36786Low

kernel: media: [next] staging: media: atomisp: fix memory leak of object flash

Feb 28, 2024

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/27d2eab69f7da8e94e4751ac5c6d22d809275484
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/4f0f37d03cde8f4341df8454f9b40a67fda94a33
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/6045b01dd0e3cd3759eafe7f290ed04c957500b1
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/cc4cc2fb5aaf9adb83c02211eb13b16cfcb7ba64
Patch