CVE catalog
CVE-2020-16127
accountsservice: CVE-2020-16127
- Severity
- Low
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.41% · Oct 27, 2026
An Ubuntu-specific modification to AccountsService in versions before 0.6.55-0ubuntu13.2, among other earlier versions, would perform unbounded read operations on user-controlled ~/.pam_environment files, allowing an infinite loop if /dev/zero is symlinked to this location.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | accountsservice | sid | 26.27.3-2 | not affected |
| Debian | accountsservice | forky | 26.27.3-2 | not affected |
| Debian | accountsservice | trixie | 23.13.9-7 | not affected |
| Debian | accountsservice | bookworm | 22.08.8-6 | not affected |
| Ubuntu | accountsservice | 20.04 | 0.6.55-0ubuntu10 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | accountsservice | 20.04 | 0.6.55-0ubuntu11 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | accountsservice | 20.04 | 0.6.55-0ubuntu12~20.04.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | accountsservice | 20.04 | 0.6.55-0ubuntu12~20.04.2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | accountsservice | 20.04 | 0.6.55-0ubuntu12~20.04.4 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | accountsservice | source | sid | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | accountsservice | source | forky | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | accountsservice | source | trixie | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | accountsservice | source | bookworm | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | accountsservice | deb | 20.04 | 0.6.55-0ubuntu12~20.04.4 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-16127 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [accountsservice]Not affected
Details (2)
22.08.8-6· amd64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · accountsservice · debian · bookworm
22.08.8-6· arm64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · accountsservice · debian · bookworm
- [gir1.2-accountsservice-1.0]Not affected
Source package: [accountsservice]
Details (2)
22.08.8-6· amd64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · accountsservice · debian · bookworm
22.08.8-6· arm64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · accountsservice · debian · bookworm
- [libaccountsservice0]Not affected
Source package: [accountsservice]
Details (2)
22.08.8-6· amd64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · accountsservice · debian · bookworm
22.08.8-6· arm64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · accountsservice · debian · bookworm
- [libaccountsservice-dev]Not affected
Source package: [accountsservice]
Details (2)
22.08.8-6· amd64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · accountsservice · debian · bookworm
22.08.8-6· arm64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · accountsservice · debian · bookworm
- [libaccountsservice-doc]Not affected
Source package: [accountsservice]
Details (2)
22.08.8-6· all · bookwormNot affected
dsa · accountsservice · debian · bookworm
22.08.8-6· all · bookwormNot affected
dsa · accountsservice · debian · bookworm
Observed: