What is CVE-2019-15879?

CVE-2019-15879 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freebsd, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 7.4/10. Published 2020-05-13.

How severe is CVE-2019-15879?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.4 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Freebsd

CVE-2019-15879

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.

Vulnerability class: Race Condition

EPSS: 0.007 (47.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Freebsd — versions 11.3, 12.1
N/a Freebsd — versions FreeBSD 12.1-RELEASE before p5, and 11.3-RELEASE before p9

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-15879?: CVE-2019-15879 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freebsd, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 7.4/10. Published 2020-05-13.
How severe is CVE-2019-15879?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.4 out of 10.