CVE-2020-28097

unknown
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk

Description

The vgacon subsystem in the Linux kernel before 5.8.10 mishandles software scrollback. There is a vgacon_scrolldelta out-of-bounds read, aka CID-973c096f6a85.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-28097

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-28097.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed5.8.10-1
debian debianbullseyefixed5.8.10-1
debian debianforkyfixed5.8.10-1
debian debiansidfixed5.8.10-1
debian debiantrixiefixed5.8.10-1

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.