CVE-2020-13696 json
An issue was discovered in LinuxTV xawtv before 3.107.
published 2020-06-08 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-5919
- cvss
- 4.4
- version 3.1, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.4%
- EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 29%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
An issue was discovered in LinuxTV xawtv before 3.107. The function dev_open() in v4l-conf.c does not perform sufficient checks to prevent an unprivileged caller of the program from opening unintended filesystem paths. This allows a local attacker with access to the v4l-conf setuid-root program to test for the existence of arbitrary files and to trigger an open on arbitrary files with mode O_RDWR. To achieve this, relative path components need to be added to the device path, as demonstrated by a v4l-conf -c /dev/../root/.bash_history command.
Patch / fix
- linuxtv xawtv 3.107
- xawtv Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.107-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2020-13696
- xawtv Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 3.103-3+deb8u1build0.16.04.1
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2020-13696
Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0
- xawtv SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP5, SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP4 3.103-6.3.1
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2020:1712-1
- xawtv openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.107-2.5
- xawtv Package Hub 15 SP1 3.103-bp151.4.3.1
- xawtv openSUSE Leap 15.1 3.103-lp151.3.3.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11517-1openSUSE-SU-2020:0787-1openSUSE-SU-2020:0784-1
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2020-13696 updated cvss 5.1
xawtv: specially crafted input leads to information disclosure and user privilege escalation
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Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat productsnot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 29% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.1 | 4.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVD | 2.0 | 3.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization
References
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git.linuxtv.org
/xawtv3.git/commit/?id=31f31f9cbaee7be806cba38e0ff5431bd44b20a3
patch, vendor-advisory
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git.linuxtv.org
/xawtv3.git/commit/?id=36dc44e68e5886339b4a0fbe3f404fb1a4fd2292
patch, vendor-advisory
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git.linuxtv.org
/xawtv3.git/commit/?id=8e3feea862db68d3ca0886f46cd99fab45d2db7c
patch, vendor-advisory
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lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00009.html
vendor-advisory, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
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lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00013.html
vendor-advisory, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
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usn.ubuntu.com
/4518-1/
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
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lists.fedoraproject.org
/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ELOXU5LXQSQOXX64D4BICZV3TQWOBXHC/
vendor-advisory
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lists.fedoraproject.org
/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/I7XWAO7W2DGA6M52JGK2TDWUGF62Q2KY/
vendor-advisory
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bugzilla.suse.com
/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-13696
broken-link, issue-tracking, third-party-advisory
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openwall.com
/lists/oss-security/2020/06/04/6
issue-tracking, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
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lists.debian.org
/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00018.html
mailing-list, third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2020-13696
- NVD CVE-2020-13696
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