A heap use-after-free vulnerability was found in systemd before version v245-rc1, where asynchronous Polkit queries are performed while handling dbus messages. A local unprivileged attacker can abuse this flaw to crash systemd services or potentially execute code and elevate their privileges, by sending specially crafted dbus messages.
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Information
Published : 2020-03-31 17:15
Updated : 2026-10-14 09:17
NVD link : CVE-2020-1712
Mitre link : CVE-2020-1712
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-1712
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Products Affected
redhat
- openshift_container_platform
- ceph_storage
- enterprise_linux
- discovery
- migration_toolkit
debian
- debian_linux
systemd_project
- systemd
CWE
CWE-416
Use After Free
