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Vulnerability · Published Feb 6, 2020 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2020-8649

Medium 5.9

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in the kernel-tools-libs-devel package (AlmaLinux). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 42% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.9Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 57.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:8kernel-tools-libs-devel4.18.0-240.el8ALSA-2020:4431
Debian:12linux5.5.13-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-8649
Debian:13linux5.5.13-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-8649
Debian:14linux5.5.13-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-8649
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-8649
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-8649
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-8649
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-8649

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

References