{"cve":"CVE-2020-27673","nvd":{"published":"2020-10-22T21:15:14.013","modified":"2026-06-17T03:09:28.610","status":"Modified","description":"An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.9.1, as used with Xen through 4.14.x. Guest OS users can cause a denial of service (host OS hang) via a high rate of events to dom0, aka CID-e99502f76271.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":[],"references":["http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00075.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00025.html","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/19/6","https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e99502f76271d6bc4e374fe368c50c67a1fd3070","https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e99502f76271d6bc4e374fe368c50c67a1fd3070"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","linux:linux_kernel","opensuse:leap","xen:xen"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:09:53.489947993+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2020-27673","score":0.00415,"percentile":0.35786,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}