CVE-2019-18809 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

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://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LYIFGYEDQXP5DVJQQUARQRK2PXKBKQGY/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YWWOOJKZ4NQYN4RMFIVJ3ZIXKJJI3MKP/ https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4285-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4287-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4287-2/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4300-1/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

4.6