CVE-2019-15218 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Kernel

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference11 documents8 sources
Severity
4.6MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 73.29%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
5
Linux KernelCanonical Ubuntu LinuxDebian Linux+2 more
Timeline
PublishedAug 19
Latest updateMay 24

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.

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 Packages4 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel< 5.1.8
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.2.6-1+3
▶NVDopensuse/leap15.0, 15.1+1

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

Patches

Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: www.oracle.com ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-m6x5-r2x6-wg47: An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2019-15218: An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5↗2019-08-19
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CVEList
CVE-2019-15218: An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5↗2019-08-19
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📋Vendor Advisories

5
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2019-10-04
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities↗2019-09-02
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2019-09-02
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Red Hat
kernel: null pointer dereference in the drivers/media/usb/siano/smsusb.c driver↗2019-08-19
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Debian
CVE-2019-15218: linux - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.1.8. There is a NULL pointe...↗2019
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-15218 kernel: null pointer dereference in the drivers/media/usb/siano/smsusb.c driver [fedora-all]↗2019-08-26
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Bugzilla
CVE-2019-15218 kernel: null pointer dereference in the drivers/media/usb/siano/smsusb.c driver↗2019-08-26
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