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CVE-2020-8649 (GCVE-0-2020-8649)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-02-06 00:06 – Updated: 2024-08-04 10:03
VLAI
Summary
There is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel through 5.5.2 in the vgacon_invert_region function in drivers/video/console/vgacon.c.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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