Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability in Linux Kernel's vgacon Subsystem (CID-973c096f6a85)

CVE-2020-28097 · MEDIUM Severity

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

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.

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