What is CVE-2019-15134?

CVE-2019-15134 is a high-severity vulnerability in Riot-Os Riot, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-08-17.

How severe is CVE-2019-15134?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Riot-Os Riot

CVE-2019-15134

RIOT through 2019.07 contains a memory leak in the TCP implementation (gnrc_tcp), allowing an attacker to consume all memory available for network packets and thus effectively stopping all network threads from working. This is related to _receive in sys/net/gnrc/transport_layer/tcp/gnrc_tcp_eventloop.c upon receiving an ACK before a SYN.

EPSS: 0.015 (71.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Riot-os Riot
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-15134?: CVE-2019-15134 is a high-severity vulnerability in Riot-Os Riot, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-08-17.
How severe is CVE-2019-15134?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.