CVE-2019-16234

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 25
Modified
Published: 11 Sept 2019, 15:29
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 01:10

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
19/100
CVSS Score
4.7 MEDIUM
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.04% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

11 Sept 2019, 15:29
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 01:10
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/pcie/trans.c in the Linux kernel 5.2.14 does not check the alloc_workqueue return value, leading to a NULL pointer dereference.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 4.7CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/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: 0.04%• Percentile: 12%

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

    16.04 | 18.04

  • linux•linux_kernel

    5.2.14

  • opensuse•leap

    15.0 | 15.1

References (8)