CVE-2019-18809 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Linux
Severity
4.6MEDIUMNVD
OSV5.5CISA6.5
EPSS
0.1%
top 74.00%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedNov 7
Latest updateDec 29
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:HExploitability: 0.9 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages5 packages
Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, Ubuntu Linux 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 19.10, Fedora 30, 31
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
6GHSA▶
GHSA-3r38-cfr7-4765: A memory leak in the af9005_identify_state() function in drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/af9005↗2022-05-24
OSV▶
linux, linux-aws, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.3, linux-gke-5.3, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-raspi2, linux-raspi2-5.3, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.3 vulnerabilities↗2020-03-25
OSV▶
linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-hwe, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-gke-4.15, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities↗2020-02-18
OSV
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