CVE-2020-28915
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28915
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-28915.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2020-28915
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2020-11-18T08:15:12Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T20:01:26Z
- Severity
-
- 5.8 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
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.
- References
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- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1178886
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.8.15
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5af08640795b2b9a940c9266c0260455377ae262
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6735b4632def0640dbdf4eb9f99816aca18c4f16
- https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=08b8be45afea11888776f897895aef9ad1c3ecfd
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-28915
Affected packages
Debian:11 / linux
Package
- Name
- linux
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source
Debian:12 / linux
Package
- Name
- linux
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source
Debian:13 / linux
Package
- Name
- linux
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source
Debian:14 / linux
Package
- Name
- linux
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source