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    CVE-2020-28915

    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.

    Published:Nov 16, 2020
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Nov 18, 2020
    EPSS Score:0.00034
    CVSS Score:5.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Linux
    Product
    Linux Kernel
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhev Hypervisor

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-540 Overread Buffers

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    References

    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://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

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High