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UBUNTU-CVE-2020-28915 Moderate

UBUNTU-CVE-2020-28915

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.

Exploit probability Not scored
Published November 18, 2020
Required by Not available
Last source change August 18, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-raspi2

51 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.4

11 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-gcp

56 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-snapdragon

86 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oem

49 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.0

6 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-raspi2

6 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS linux-azure-fde-5.15

57 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS linux

191 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws

52 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-kvm

16 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle

33 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS linux-azure-fips

6 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux

61 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-hwe-edge

23 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-raspi-realtime

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:20.04:LTS linux-azure-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.8

4 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS linux-aws-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.0

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv

9 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp

17 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux

23 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-kvm

54 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure

16 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-4.15

9 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe-edge

10 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-oracle

32 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gke-5.4

3 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS linux-aws

53 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-snapdragon

31 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:20.04:LTS linux-aws-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS linux-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.6

22 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.3

13 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-kvm

48 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS linux-azure-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws

19 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gke-4.15

28 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.3

10 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Nvidia-BlueField:24.04:LTS linux-bluefield

11 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux

118 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-raspi2

88 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle

17 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:16.04:LTS linux-fips

2 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-4.15

9 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-azure

64 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS linux-aws-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS linux-fips

11 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.4

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.4

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS linux-azure-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS linux-aws-fips

9 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-aws

75 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-raspi-5.4

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-aws-hwe

33 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure

44 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-5.3

16 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gkeop-5.4

3 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp

38 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.3

9 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS linux-lts-xenial

96 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.4

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-hwe

79 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:16.04:LTS linux-fips

31 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS linux-azure

41 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-dell300x

2 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-5.4

6 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe

43 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-edge

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-raspi

11 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-edge

4 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-realtime

1 explicit affected versions

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

related USN-4659-1

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities UBUNTU-CVE-2020-28915

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.

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence