CVE-2020-27418

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-27418
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-08-22 19:16:20 UTC
Updated2026-07-09 01:16:42 UTC
DescriptionA Use After Free vulnerability in Fedora Linux kernel 5.9.0-rc9 allows attackers to obatin sensitive information via vgacon_invert_region() function.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 4.4 MEDIUM from [email protected]

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

EPSS: 0.002220000 probability, percentile 0.127540000 (date 2026-07-12)

Problem Types: CWE-416 | n/a

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Fedoraproject Fedora Linux Kernel 5.9.0 rc9 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[v4] vgacon: Fix a UAF in vgacon_invert_region - Patchwork af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 patchwork.freedesktop.org Mailing List, Patch
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