Vulnerability CVE-2019-20806
Published: 2020-05-27

Description:
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.2. There is a NULL pointer dereference in tw5864_handle_frame() in drivers/media/pci/tw5864/tw5864-video.c, which may cause denial of service, aka CID-2e7682ebfc75.

Type:

CWE-476

 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Linux -> Linux kernel 

 References:
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.2
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2e7682ebfc750177a4944eeb56e97a3f05734528
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2e7682ebfc750177a4944eeb56e97a3f05734528
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