CVE-2020-36386 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2020-36386?

CVE-2020-36386 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 7 Jun 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.8.1. net/bluetooth/hci_event.c has a slab out-of-bounds read in hci_extended_inquiry_result_evt, aka CID-51c19bf3d5cf.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-36386?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2020-36386?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2020-36386 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-36386 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

• CVE-2026-53266 Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2013-6282 Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2022-0185 Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2013-2094 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2026-53362 Linux Kernel Unspecified Exploited High 7.8

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36386, GHSA-8j4v-27x2-wh59, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-36386.