CVE-2019-15879

HIGH

FreeBSD <12.1-STABLE r356908, 11.3-STABLE r356908 - Use After Free

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200518-0005/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.4
EPSS 0.0066
EPSS Percentile 46.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-772 CWE-362
Status published
Products (2)
freebsd/freebsd 11.3 (9 CPE variants)
freebsd/freebsd 12.1 (5 CPE variants)
Published May 13, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026