What is CVE-2019-15878?

CVE-2019-15878 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freebsd, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-05-13.

How severe is CVE-2019-15878?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Use After Free in Freebsd

CVE-2019-15878

In FreeBSD 12.1-STABLE before r352509, 11.3-STABLE before r352509, and 11.3-RELEASE before p9, an unprivileged local user can trigger a use-after-free situation due to improper checking in SCTP when an application tries to update an SCTP-AUTH shared key.

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

EPSS: 0.003 (24.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Freebsd — versions 11.3, 12.1
N/a Freebsd — versions FreeBSD 11.3-RELEASE before p9

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-416 — Use After Free

References

secteam@freebsd.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
secteam@freebsd.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-15878?: CVE-2019-15878 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freebsd, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-05-13.
How severe is CVE-2019-15878?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.