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CVE-2019-15212

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Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.1.8. There is a double-free caused by a malicious USB device in the drivers/usb/misc/rio500.c driver.

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https://usn.ubuntu.com/4147-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4115-1/

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

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00025.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00015.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00014.html

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

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

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

https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=64aa96c96f594a77eb8d945df21ec76dd35573b3

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3864d33943b4a76c6e64616280e98d2410b1190f

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.1.8

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-08-19

Updated: 2023-11-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00108

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