What is CVE-2020-27418?

CVE-2020-27418 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora Linux Kernel, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2023-08-22.

How severe is CVE-2020-27418?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.

Use After Free in Fedoraproject Fedora Linux Kernel

CVE-2020-27418

A Use After Free vulnerability in Fedora Linux kernel 5.9.0-rc9 allows attackers to obatin sensitive information via vgacon_invert_region() function.

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

EPSS: 0.002 (13.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Fedoraproject Fedora_linux_kernel — versions 5.9.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-416 — Use After Free

References

af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (Not Applicable)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, Mailing List)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-27418?: CVE-2020-27418 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora Linux Kernel, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2023-08-22.
How severe is CVE-2020-27418?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.