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CVE-2019-15213

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Date: August 19, 2019

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.2.3. There is a use-after-free caused by a malicious USB device in the drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-init.c driver.

Language: C

Severity Score

4.6

Related Resources (11)

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/20/2

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2019-15213

Url: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=a53c9c9dd2981bfdbfbcbc1ddbd35595eda8bced

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-15213

Url: https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.2.3

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15213

Url: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6cf97230cd5f36b7665099083272595c55d72be7

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-15213

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00029.html

Url: https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190905-0002/

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2019-15213

Severity Score

4.6

Weakness Type (CWE)

Use After Free

CWE-416

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version v5.3-rc1

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	4.6
Attack Vector (AV):	PHYSICAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.9
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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