CVE-2019-15222 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Kernel

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer DereferenceCWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer8 documents7 sources
Severity
4.6MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 94.04%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Linux KernelOpensuse LeapDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedAug 19
Latest updateMay 24

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.2.8. There is a NULL pointer dereference caused by a malicious USB device in the sound/usb/helper.c (motu_microbookii) 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 Packages3 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel< 5.2.8
▶debiandebian/linux
▶NVDopensuse/leap15.0, 15.1+1

Patches

Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-mp35-57xp-m8fx: An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2019-15222: An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5↗2019-08-19
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💥Exploits & PoCs

1
Exploit-DB
Ayukov NFTP client 1.71 - 'SYST' Buffer Overflow↗2019-11-04
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: Null pointer dereference in the sound/usb/helper.c↗2019-08-02
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Debian
CVE-2019-15222: linux - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.2.8. There is a NULL pointe...↗2019
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-15222 kernel: Null pointer dereference in the sound/usb/helper.c↗2019-09-07
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Bugzilla
CVE-2019-15222 kernel: Null pointer dereference in the sound/usb/helper.c [fedora-all]↗2019-09-07
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