CVE-2019-18808

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 21
Modified
Published: 07 Nov 2019, 15:29
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 02:02

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
22/100
CVSS Score
5.5 MEDIUM
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.02% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

07 Nov 2019, 15:29
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 02:02
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

A memory leak in the ccp_run_sha_cmd() function in drivers/crypto/ccp/ccp-ops.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), aka CID-128c66429247.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v2.0•LOW•Score: 2.1AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.02%• Percentile: 4%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-401•Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

    The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, making the memory unavailable for reallocation and reuse.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    14.04 | 16.04 | 18.04 | 20.04

  • fedoraproject•fedora

    30 | 31

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≤ 5.3.9

  • opensuse•leap

    15.1

References (8)