linux-oem-5.6 vulnerability

2021-01-0700:03:25

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osv.dev

5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

PHYSICAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

HIGH

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

6.9 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

6.1 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.3%

JSON

Minh Yuan discovered that the framebuffer console driver in the Linux
kernel did not properly handle fonts in some conditions. A local attacker
could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly
expose sensitive information (kernel memory).