{
  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              },
              {
                "last_affected": "2.02.00"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "details": "vg_lookup in daemons/lvmetad/lvmetad-core.c in LVM2 2.02 mismanages memory, leading to an lvmetad memory leak, as demonstrated by running pvs. NOTE: RedHat disputes CVE-2020-8991 as not being a vulnerability since there’s no apparent route to either privilege escalation or to denial of service through the bug",
  "id": "CVE-2020-8991",
  "modified": "2026-03-13T21:48:56.117853405Z",
  "published": "2020-02-14T05:15:13.573Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://sourceware.org/git/?p=lvm2.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=bcf9556b8fcd16ad8997f80cc92785f295c66701"
    }
  ],
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}