Critical severity · published Aug 23, 2019
CVE-2019-15505
drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/technisat-usb2.c in the Linux kernel through 5.2.9 has an out-of-bounds read via crafted USB device traffic (which may be remote via usbip or usbredir)
9.8
CVSS
7.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/technisat-usb2.c in the Linux kernel through 5.2.9 has an out-of-bounds read via crafted USB device traffic (which may be remote via usbip or usbredir).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)7.6% · higher than 95% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
before 3.16.77; 3.17 before 4.4.194; 4.5 before 4.9.194; 4.10 before 4.14.146; 4.15 before 4.19.75; 4.20 before 5.2.17; +1 more · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
14.04; 16.04; 18.04; 19.04 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15505
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-15505
Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155212/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html
Patch
https://git.linuxtv.org/media_tree.git/commit/?id=0c4df39e504bf925ab666132ac3c98d6cbbe380b
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00013.html
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/O3RUDQJXRJQVGHCGR4YZWTQ3ECBI7TXH/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T4JZ6AEUKFWBHQAROGMQARJ274PQP2QP/
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