Vulnerability in Mesa3d Mesa
CVE-2019-5068
An exploitable shared memory permissions vulnerability exists in the functionality of X11 Mesa 3D Graphics Library 19.1.2. An attacker can access the shared memory without any specific permissions to trigger this vulnerability.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (39.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 39th percentile — 39.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mesa3d Mesa — versions 19.1.2
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 18.04, 19.10
- Debian Linux — versions 8.0
- openSUSE Leap — versions 15.1
- Mesa 3d X11 Graphics Library — versions 19.1.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00013.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00037.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/4271-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0857 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.freedesktop.org/pipermail/mesa-dev/2019-October/223704.html (Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/commit/02c3dad0f3b4d26e0faa5cc51d06bc50d693d… (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-5068?
- CVE-2019-5068 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mesa3d Mesa, classified under Insecure Inherited Permissions. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2019-11-05.
- How severe is CVE-2019-5068?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.