CVE-2019-18809

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel <5.3.9 - DoS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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)

Core 10
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00029.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4285-1/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4287-1/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4287-2/
Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4300-1/

Scores

CVSS v3 4.6
EPSS 0.0009
EPSS Percentile 25.9%
Attack Vector PHYSICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-401
Status published
Products (9)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 19.10
debian/debian_linux 8.0
fedoraproject/fedora 30
fedoraproject/fedora 31
linux/linux_kernel < 5.3.9
opensuse/leap 15.1
Published Nov 07, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026