CVE-2019-16089

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 6
Modified
Published: 06 Sept 2019, 22:02
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 01:03

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
19/100
CVSS Score
4.7 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.11% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

06 Sept 2019, 22:02
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 01:03
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.2.13. nbd_genl_status in drivers/block/nbd.c does not check the nla_nest_start_noflag return value.

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: 0.11%• Percentile: 29%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-476•NULL Pointer Dereference

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

Affected Systems

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≤ 5.2.13

References (8)