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cvelistMitreCVELIST:CVE-2020-28974
HistoryNov 20, 2020 - 5:49 p.m.

CVE-2020-28974

2020-11-2017:49:57
mitre
www.cve.org
4

AI Score

6.1

Confidence

High

EPSS

0

Percentile

5.1%

A slab-out-of-bounds read in fbcon in the Linux kernel before 5.9.7 could be used by local attackers to read privileged information or potentially crash the kernel, aka CID-3c4e0dff2095. This occurs because KD_FONT_OP_COPY in drivers/tty/vt/vt.c can be used for manipulations such as font height.