CVE-2020-25661

HIGH

Redhat Enterprise Linux - Type Confusion

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

A Red Hat only CVE-2020-12351 regression issue was found in the way the Linux kernel's Bluetooth implementation handled L2CAP packets with A2MP CID. This flaw allows a remote attacker in an adjacent range to crash the system, causing a denial of service or potentially executing arbitrary code on the system by sending a specially crafted L2CAP packet. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-25661
Mitigation, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12351

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0164
EPSS Percentile 82.0%
Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-843
Status published
Products (1)
redhat/enterprise_linux 8.3
Published Nov 05, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026