High severity · published May 13, 2020
CVE-2019-15879
In FreeBSD 12.1-STABLE before r356908, 12.1-RELEASE before p5, 11.3-STABLE before r356908, and 11.3-RELEASE before p9, a race condition in the cryptodev module permitted a data…
7.4
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In FreeBSD 12.1-STABLE before r356908, 12.1-RELEASE before p5, 11.3-STABLE before r356908, and 11.3-RELEASE before p9, a race condition in the cryptodev module permitted a data structure in the kernel to be used after it was freed, allowing an unprivileged process can overwrite arbitrary kernel memory.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 51% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FR
Freebsd · Freebsd
11.3; 11.3; 11.3; 11.3; 11.3; 11.3; +8 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15879
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-15879
Vendor Advisory
https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-20:15.cryptodev.asc
security.netapp.com
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200518-0005/
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