CVE-2026-43202

MEDIUMNVD 5.55.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-05-06. NVD baseline CVSS 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
5.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fbdev: vt8500lcdfb: fix missing dma_free_coherent()

fbi->fb.screen_buffer is allocated with dma_alloc_coherent() but is not freed if the error path is reached.

CVSS v3
5.5
EG Score
5.5(medium)
EG Risk
29(Track)
EG Risk 29/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity55% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
3%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 6, 2026

Last Modified

May 11, 2026

Advisory Details (8)

Auto-updated May 11, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

fbdev: vt8500lcdfb: fix missing dma_free_coherent() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f47d5b9e8aa6178a0aaf225119ad1ec7d3f49876
generic

fbdev: vt8500lcdfb: fix missing dma_free_coherent() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8c5d5f6cd66e032f9aefdcc21b0c34761aef78a
generic

fbdev: vt8500lcdfb: fix missing dma_free_coherent() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c3873cccb3fab54cde0605ae7093d332c99073e
generic

fbdev: vt8500lcdfb: fix missing dma_free_coherent() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a9bc60ed372aaae9784ff8ad8e5f496ff15fd31
generic

fbdev: vt8500lcdfb: fix missing dma_free_coherent() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88b3b9924337336a31cefbe99a22ed09401be74a
generic

fbdev: vt8500lcdfb: fix missing dma_free_coherent() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/778f31be5b8c10024db23fdd8a05f68a02311008
generic

fbdev: vt8500lcdfb: fix missing dma_free_coherent() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40c1ff25025150ff6d7ec7ad441fcfd6d070ee76
generic

fbdev: vt8500lcdfb: fix missing dma_free_coherent() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2cd2f988a8bd2da227f5c3cfa0cbf3a9a287ddc3

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
linuxKernel @ 5.10.252—osv

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 7× in last 7d / 27× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-27 14:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-25 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-24 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-23 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-23 03:13 UTCEG score recompute
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  7. 2026-07-21 15:24 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-21 00:17 UTCOSV refresh
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  1. 2026-06-30 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
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  21. 2026-06-15 08:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  23. 2026-06-13 23:00 UTCEPSS rescore
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  26. 2026-06-12 05:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  34. 2026-06-08 07:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  37. 2026-06-07 07:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  40. 2026-06-06 07:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  47. 2026-06-04 08:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  50. 2026-06-02 09:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  53. 2026-06-01 09:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  70. 2026-05-20 14:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-43202?
CVE-2026-43202 is a medium vulnerability published on May 6, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: vt8500lcdfb: fix missing dmafreecoherent() fbi->fb.screenbuffer is allocated with dmaalloc_coherent() but is not freed if the error path is reached.
When was CVE-2026-43202 disclosed?
CVE-2026-43202 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 6, 2026, with the most recent update on May 11, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-43202 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-43202 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 97.2% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-43202?
CVE-2026-43202 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-43202?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-43202, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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