CVE-2019-15879
HIGH
7.4
CVSS Score
Published: May 13, 2020 at 03:38 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:21 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFreeBSD
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Severity
HIGH7.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-20:15.cryptodev.ascx_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200518-0005/CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-362CWE-772
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