CVE-2020-28097
MEDIUM 5.9EPSS 0.5%
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.
- CVSS v3.1 NVD
- 5.9 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H - CVSS v2.0 NVD
- 3.6 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P - EPSS
- 0.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 43rd percentile
- Published
- 2021-06-24
- Updated
- 2026-10-08
Proof-of-concept exploits (1)
Security advisories
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.8.10
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=973c096f6a85e5…
- torvalds/linux/commit/973c096f6a85e5b5f2a295126ba6928d9a6afd45
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210805-0001