CVE-2020-28915 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2020-28915?

CVE-2020-28915 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 18 Nov 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-28915?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2020-28915?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2020-28915 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-28915 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

• CVE-2026-53266 Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2013-6282 Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2022-0185 Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2013-2094 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2026-53362 Linux Kernel Unspecified Exploited High 7.8

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2020-28915, GHSA-v4w4-xxpq-3p77, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-28915.