CVE-2020-16261
Winston 1.5.4 devices allow a U-Boot interrupt, resulting in local root access.
Winston 1.5.4 devices allow a U-Boot interrupt, resulting in local root access.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Winston 1.5.4 devices allow a U-Boot interrupt, resulting in local root access.
- Record
CVE-2020-16261- CVSS 3.1
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 High
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Winston 1.5.4 devices allow a U-Boot interrupt, resulting in local root access.
- Record
CVE-2020-16261- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-8222 No score
Winston 1.5.4 devices allow a U-Boot interrupt, resulting in local root access.
- Record
EUVD-2020-8222- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8gwv-wgm9-cqj9 No score
Winston 1.5.4 devices allow a U-Boot interrupt, resulting in local root access.
Winston 1.5.4 devices allow a U-Boot interrupt, resulting in local root access.
- Record
GHSA-8gwv-wgm9-cqj9- Weakness
- CWE-732
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-16261 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Winstonprivacy Winston Firmware, published October 28, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.47%, the 41st percentile. No source names a fixed version.