CVE-2019-15879

HIGH

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

Title source: llm

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.4
EPSS 0.0033
EPSS Percentile 55.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-772 CWE-362
Status published

Affected Products (14)

freebsd/freebsd
freebsd/freebsd
freebsd/freebsd
freebsd/freebsd
freebsd/freebsd
freebsd/freebsd
freebsd/freebsd
freebsd/freebsd
freebsd/freebsd
freebsd/freebsd
freebsd/freebsd
freebsd/freebsd
freebsd/freebsd
freebsd/freebsd

Timeline

Published May 13, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026