CVE-2019-15217NULL Pointer Dereference in Kernel

Severity
4.6MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.4OSV5.5
EPSS
0.1%
top 80.37%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedAug 19
Latest updateMay 24

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.2.3. There is a NULL pointer dereference caused by a malicious USB device in the drivers/media/usb/zr364xx/zr364xx.c driver.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 0.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages5 packages

NVDlinux/linux_kernel< 5.2.3
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.2.6-1+3
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 4.4.0-174.204+1
debiandebian/linux< linux 5.2.6-1 (bookworm)
NVDopensuse/leap15.0, 15.1+1

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, Ubuntu Linux 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 19.04

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

6
GHSA
GHSA-c7jc-3f7r-j74w: An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 52022-05-24
OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-hwe, linux-gcp, linux-gke-4.15, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oem, linux-oracle, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon, linux-azure vulnerabilities2020-03-25
OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-kvm, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities2020-02-18
OSV
linux-lts-xenial, linux-aws vulnerabilities2020-02-18
OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-gke-5.0, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities2019-10-04

📋Vendor Advisories

6
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2020-03-25
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2020-02-18
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities2020-02-18
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2019-10-04
Red Hat
kernel: null pointer dereference in drivers/media/usb/zr364xx/zr364xx.c driver2019-08-19

💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-15217 kernel: null pointer dereference in drivers/media/usb/zr364xx/zr364xx.c driver [fedora-all]2019-08-26
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-15217 kernel: null pointer dereference in drivers/media/usb/zr364xx/zr364xx.c driver2019-08-26
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-5716 wireshark: reachable assertion in fast_ensure_contiguous() from 6LoWPAN dissector2019-01-18