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CVE-2025-38685: linux kernel 2.6.12; +6 more affected products
CVE-2025-38685. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.8 (HIGH, NVD). EPSS 0.00177 (percentile 0.06885), scored 19-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
linux kernel · from 2.6.13 (inclusive), before 5.15.190 (exclusive)
linux
linux kernel · from 5.16 (inclusive), before 6.1.149 (exclusive)
linux
linux kernel · from 6.2 (inclusive), before 6.6.103 (exclusive)
linux
linux kernel · from 6.7 (inclusive), before 6.12.43 (exclusive)
linux
linux kernel · from 6.13 (inclusive), before 6.15.11 (exclusive)
linux
linux kernel · from 6.16 (inclusive), before 6.16.2 (exclusive)
linux
linux kernel · 2.6.12
linux
linux kernel · 2.6.12 · update rc2
linux
linux kernel · 2.6.12 · update rc3
linux
linux kernel · 2.6.12 · update rc4
linux
linux kernel · 2.6.12 · update rc5
linux
debian linux · 11.0
debian
Linux · 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 078e62bffca4b7e72e8f3550eb063ab981c36c7a, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 4c4d7ddaf1d43780b106bedc692679f965dc5a3a, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 27b118aebdd84161c8ff5ce49d9d536f2af10754, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before ed9b8e5016230868c8d813d9179523f729fec8c6, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 56701bf9eeb63219e378cb7fcbd066ea4eaeeb50, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before cfec17721265e72e50cc69c6004fe3475cd38df2, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before af0db3c1f898144846d4c172531a199bb3ca375d
Linux
Linux · 2.6.12
Linux
SIMATIC CN 4100 · 0 to before V5.0
Siemens
SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP · V3.1.5 to before *
Siemens
SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP · V3.1.5 to before *
Siemens
SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP · V3.1.5 to before *
Siemens
Component: Not specified by the source
File: drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
Attack conditions (Source advisory, CVSS 3.1): Local · Low privileges required · No user interaction required
Attack conditions (NVD, CVSS 3.1): Local · Low privileges required · No user interaction required
What an attacker can do
Source advisory’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 7.8/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high. NVD’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 7.8/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high. The description does not specify what an attacker can achieve beyond these rated impacts.
- CWE
- CWE-787
- CCR priority
- 31.2 /100 (P4)
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H · NVD
- EPSS
- 0.00177 · percentile 0.06885 · 2026-10-19
- KEV
- no
Provenance
- NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-20 01:44:01.123206+00:00 UTC
Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2025-38685.html