CVE-2020-8649

PoC —

CVSS 3.1

5.9 medium

EPSS

<1%p41

Published

Feb 6, 2020 (Feb 6, 2020)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

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.

Vendors: linux opensuse debian
Products: linux kernel, leap, debian linux
Weakness: CWE-416
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

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