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CVE-2019-15222

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Date: August 19, 2019

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.2.8. There is a NULL pointer dereference caused by a malicious USB device in the sound/usb/helper.c (motu_microbookii) driver.

Language: C

Severity Score

4.6

Related Resources (11)

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.html

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

Url: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=3ec1dad62657fef22282536d7532dbb65eee778a

Url: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5d78e1c2b7f4be00bbe62141603a631dc7812f35

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15222

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-15222

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2019-15222

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html

Url: https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.2.8

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

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2019-15222

Severity Score

4.6

Weakness Type (CWE)

NULL Pointer Dereference

CWE-476

Top Fix

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Upgrade to version v5.3-rc3

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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