CVE-2019-15218

MEDIUM

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.1.8. There is a NULL pointer dereference caused by a malicious USB device in the drivers/media/usb/siano/smsusb.c driver.

References

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

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

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

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/22/2

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/22/3

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/22/4

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/22/5

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

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=31e0456de5be379b10fea0fa94a681057114a96e

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

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

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

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

https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=4a5d7c8c2b6dbedb5b7218c6d7e8666bd2387517

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

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

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

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2019-08-19

Updated: 2019-08-22

Type: CWE-476

Risk Information

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 4.9

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

Impact Score: 6.9

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v3.0

Base Score: 4.6

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

Impact Score: 3.6

Exploitability Score: 0.9

Severity: MEDIUM