5.8
CVSSv3

CVE-2020-28915

Published: 18/11/2020 Updated: 15/12/2020
CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.1 | Impact Score: 8.5 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
CVSS v3 Base Score: 5.8 | Impact Score: 5.5 | Exploitability Score: 0.3
VMScore: 544
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

A buffer over-read (at the framebuffer layer) in the fbcon code in the Linux kernel prior to 5.8.15 could be used by local malicious users to read kernel memory, aka CID-6735b4632def.

Vulnerability Trend

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Vendor Advisories

Synopsis Moderate: Logging Subsystem 543 - Red Hat OpenShift security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Moderate Topic Logging Subsystem 543 - Red Hat OpenShiftRed Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severi ...
Synopsis Important: kernel security and bug fix update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed se ...
Synopsis Important: kernel-rt security and bug fix update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic An update for kernel-rt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detai ...
Synopsis Moderate: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management 251 security updates and bug fixes Type/Severity Security Advisory: Moderate Topic Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 251 GeneralAvailability release images, which fix security issues and bugsRed Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof ...
Synopsis Moderate: Migration Toolkit for Containers (MTC) 173 security and bug fix update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Moderate Topic The Migration Toolkit for Containers (MTC) 173 is now availableRed Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base ...