Vulnerability CVE-2019-15213
Published: 2019-08-19   Modified: 2019-08-20

Description:
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.

Type:

CWE-416

 (Use After Free)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.9/10
6.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Complete
Affected software
Linux -> Linux kernel 

 References:
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/20/2
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.2.3
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6cf97230cd5f36b7665099083272595c55d72be7
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190905-0002/
https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=a53c9c9dd2981bfdbfbcbc1ddbd35595eda8bced
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