CVE-2020-36557

mediumpriority · track · 20EPSS 0.002 · 10 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.20% (10th) EPSS

CVSS 5.1 · medium

Is it mine?

13 products

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-22

A race condition in the Linux kernel before 5.6.2 between the VT_DISALLOCATE ioctl and closing/opening of ttys could lead to a use-after-free.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.6

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 4.7–9.6

v3.15.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.4 · impact 3.6

v3.19.6criticalAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.14.7mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2022-0786Linux Kernel: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen nicht spezifizierten AngriffDeutsch2022-07-20csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen im Linux Kernel ausnutzen, um einen nicht näher spezifizierten Angriff durchzuführen.
WID-SEC-W-2023-1969HPE Fabric OS: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen PrivilegieneskalationDeutsch2023-08-06csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in HPE Fabric OS für HPE Fibre Channel und SAN Switches ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen, Informationen offenzulegen oder einen Denial of Service Zustand herbeizuführen.
WID-SEC-W-2024-0794Dell ECS: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2024-04-04csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Dell ECS ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erweitern, beliebigen Programmcode mit Administratorrechten auszuführen, Informationen offenzulegen, Dateien zu manipulieren, einen Cross-Site-Scripting-Angriff durchzuführen, Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen oder einen Denial of Service Zustand herbeizuführen.

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

Which sources assert this record, and when.

published 2022-07-21modified 2026-06-17

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External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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