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Medium 5.9Published Jun 24, 2021
CVE-2020-28097The vgacon subsystem in the Linux kernel before 5.8.10 mishandles software scrollback.
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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.
- CVSS
- 5.9 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- Not given
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- mitre
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Oct 8, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel | before 5.8.10 | NVD |
netapp cloud_backup netapp:cloud_backup | all versions | NVD |
netapp h410c_firmware netapp:h410c_firmware | all versions | NVD |
netapp h300s_firmware netapp:h300s_firmware | all versions | NVD |
netapp h500s_firmware netapp:h500s_firmware | all versions | NVD |
netapp h700s_firmware netapp:h700s_firmware | all versions | NVD |
netapp h300e_firmware netapp:h300e_firmware | all versions | NVD |
netapp h500e_firmware netapp:h500e_firmware | all versions | NVD |
netapp h700e_firmware netapp:h700e_firmware | all versions | NVD |
netapp h410s_firmware netapp:h410s_firmware | all versions | NVD |
References
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.8.10x-refsource-misc
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2020/q3/176x-refsource-misc
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/973c096f6a85e5b5f2a295126ba6928d9a6afd45x-refsource-misc
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=973c096f6a85e5b5f2a295126ba6928d9a6afd45x-refsource-misc
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210805-0001/x-refsource-confirm
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