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
2026-03-14T22:37:01.145863Z
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.

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
Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/torvalds/linux
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
973c096f6a85e5b5f2a295126ba6928d9a6afd45
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
Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/torvalds/linux
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
973c096f6a85e5b5f2a295126ba6928d9a6afd45

Database specific

unresolved_ranges 
[
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "fixed": "5.8.10"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "fixed": "5.8.10"
            }
        ]
    }
]
source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-28097.json"