CVE-2019-15223

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 sound/usb/line6/driver.c driver.

References

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

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=0b074ab7fc0d575247b9cc9f93bb7e007ca38840

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

https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=0c1e517c657d3de2361cb0cc2d3a8663c25039a7

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

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2019-08-19

Updated: 2019-09-06

Type: CWE-476

Risk Information

CVSS v2

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

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