CVE-2019-18809medium
Description
A memory leak in the af9005_identify_state() function in drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/af9005.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), aka CID-2289adbfa559.
References
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00029.html
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2289adbfa559050d2a38bcd9caac1c18b800e928
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4285-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4287-1/
Details
Source: MITRE
Published: 2019-11-07
Updated: 2020-08-24
Type: CWE-401
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:3.1/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