MEDIUMCVSS 5.9

CVE-2020-28097

CVE-2020-28097 updated by NVD

Modified: 2026-10-10
Sources: nvd

Summary

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.

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28097

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