Out-of-bounds Read Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,5.2.10)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.73% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3005658
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed23 Aug 2019
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 23 Aug 2019

CVE-2019-15505  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 5.2.10 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/technisat-usb2.c in the Linux kernel through 5.2.9 has an out-of-bounds read via crafted USB device traffic (which may be remote via usbip or usbredir).

CVSS Base Scores

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