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Unscored USN-4518-1 1 CVE

xawtv vulnerability

Published Sep 17, 2020 · Updated Apr 27, 2026

Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Summary

Matthias Gerstner discovered that xawtv incorrectly handled opening files.
A local attacker could possibly use this issue to open and write to
arbitrary files and escalate privileges. (CVE-2020-13696)

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS xawtv 3.103-3+deb8u1build0.16.04.1

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2020-13696

    An issue was discovered in LinuxTV xawtv before 3.107. The function dev_open() in v4l-conf.c does not perform sufficien…

    xawtv xawtv Debian Ubuntu

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-13696