CVE-2019-18809

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel <5.3.9 - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

A memory leak in the af9005_identify_state() function in drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/af9005.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), aka CID-2289adbfa559.

References (10)

[Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00029.html

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2289adbfa559050d2a38bcd9caac1c18b800e928

View Patch ZIP pw:eip

[Third Party Advisory] https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/

[Third Party Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/4285-1/

[Third Party Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/4287-1/

[Third Party Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/4287-2/

[Third Party Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/4300-1/

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LYIFGYEDQXP5DVJQQUARQRK2PXKBKQGY/

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YWWOOJKZ4NQYN4RMFIVJ3ZIXKJJI3MKP/

Scores

CVSS v3 4.6

EPSS 0.0009

EPSS Percentile 26.1%

Attack Vector PHYSICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-401

Status published

Affected Products (9)

linux/linux_kernel < 5.3.9

canonical/ubuntu_linux

debian/debian_linux

fedoraproject/fedora

opensuse/leap

Timeline

Published Nov 07, 2019

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026