CVE-2020-28097

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-28097
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-28097.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2020-28097
Downstream
Related
Published
2021-06-24T12:15:07.780Z
Modified
2026-04-11T12:34:15.384172Z
Severity
  • 5.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The vgacon subsystem in the Linux kernel before 5.8.10 mishandles software scrollback. There is a vgacon_scrolldelta out-of-bounds read, aka CID-973c096f6a85.

Database specific 
{
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "fixed": "5.8.10"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "source": "DESCRIPTION",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "fixed": "5.8.10"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
973c096f6a85e5b5f2a295126ba6928d9a6afd45
Database specific 
{
    "source": "REFERENCES"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-28097.json"

Git / github.com/torvalds/linux

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/torvalds/linux
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
973c096f6a85e5b5f2a295126ba6928d9a6afd45
Database specific 
{
    "source": "REFERENCES"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-28097.json"