CVE-2019-15218

moderate-risk
Published 2019-08-19

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.1.8. There is a NULL pointer dereference caused by a malicious USB device in the drivers/media/usb/siano/smsusb.c driver.

Do I need to act?

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0.10% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
4
CVSS 4.6/10 Medium
PHYSICAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (13)

Affected Vendors

Debian Linux Oracle Canonical Netapp Opensuse

References (36)

Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.html
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/20/2
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/22/2
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/22/3
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/22/4
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/22/5
Release Notes https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.1.8
Patch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=31...
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00014.html
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00015.html
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00025.html
Third Party Advisory https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190905-0002/
Exploit https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=4a5d7c8c2b6dbedb5b7218c6d7e8666bd2387517
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/4115-1/
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/4147-1/
Patch https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.html
and 16 more references
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 16/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 17/34 · Moderate