Modified
Published: 21 Nov 2019, 02:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 02:09

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
32/100
CVSS Score
5.5 MEDIUM
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
1.09% LOW
1% probability -0.05%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

21 Nov 2019, 02:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 02:09
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

btrfs_root_node in fs/btrfs/ctree.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.12 allows a NULL pointer dereference because rcu_dereference(root->node) can be zero.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1MEDIUMScore: 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v2.0MEDIUMScore: 4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 1.09% Percentile: 78%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-476NULL Pointer Dereference

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

Affected Systems

  • linuxlinux_kernel

    ≤ 5.3.12

References (5)