Attacker Value
Unknown
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Exploitability
Unknown
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User Interaction
None
Privileges Required
High
Attack Vector
Physical
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CVE-2020-28915

Disclosure Date: November 18, 2020
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Description

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.

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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
5.8 Medium
Impact Score:
5.5
Exploitability Score:
0.3
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector (AV):
Physical
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
High
User Interaction (UI):
None
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
Low
Integrity (I):
High
Availability (A):
High

General Information

Vendors

  • linux

Products

  • linux kernel
Technical Analysis