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CVE-2020-28915

CVSS v3.1 5.8 (Medium)
58% Progress
CVSS v2.0 6.1 (Medium)
61% Progress
EPSS 0.04 % (5th)
0.04% Progress
Affected Products 1
Advisories 32
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A buffer over-read (at the framebuffer layer) in the fbcon code in the Linux kernel before 5.8.15 could be used by local attackers to read kernel memory, aka CID-6735b4632def.

Weaknesses
CWE-125
Out-of-bounds Read
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
MITRE
Published Date
2020-11-18 08:15:12
(3 years ago)
Updated Date
2020-12-15 19:52:24
(3 years ago)

Affected Products

Linux

Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Linux Kernel prior 5.8.15 version cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel < 5.8.15