What is CVE-2019-15880?

CVE-2019-15880 is a critical-severity vulnerability in FreeBSD, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-05-13.

How severe is CVE-2019-15880?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in FreeBSD

CVE-2019-15880

In FreeBSD 12.1-STABLE before r356911, and 12.1-RELEASE before p5, insufficient checking in the cryptodev module allocated the size of a kernel buffer based on a user-supplied length allowing an unprivileged process to trigger a kernel panic.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2020-05-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.015 (74.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 74.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: +0.000

Affected products

FreeBSD — versions 12.1
FreeBSD — versions FreeBSD 12.1-RELEASE before p5

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-20:16.cryptodev.asc (Vendor Advisory)
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200518-0008/ (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-15880?: CVE-2019-15880 is a critical-severity vulnerability in FreeBSD, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-05-13.
How severe is CVE-2019-15880?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.