CVE-2019-12614

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 23
Modified
Published: 03 Jun 2019, 21:58
Last modified:04 Aug 2024, 23:24

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
19/100
CVSS Score
4.7 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.08% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

03 Jun 2019, 21:58
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
04 Aug 2024, 23:24
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

An issue was discovered in dlpar_parse_cc_property in arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c in the Linux kernel through 5.1.6. There is an unchecked kstrdup of prop->name, which might allow an attacker to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash).

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 4.1CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.7AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.08%• Percentile: 24%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-476•NULL Pointer Dereference

    The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    14.04 | 16.04 | 18.04 | 19.04

  • fedoraproject•fedora

    29 | 30

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≤ 5.1.6

  • opensuse•leap

    15.0 | 15.1

  • redhat•enterprise_linux

    7.0 | 8.0

References (18)