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A memory leak in the af9005_identify_state() function in...

High severity Unreviewed Published May 24, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 28, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

A memory leak in the af9005_identify_state() function in drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/af9005.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), aka CID-2289adbfa559.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Nov 7, 2019
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 24, 2022
Last updated Jan 28, 2023

Severity

High

EPSS score

0.290%
(69th percentile)

Weaknesses

No CWEs

CVE ID

CVE-2019-18809

GHSA ID

GHSA-3r38-cfr7-4765

Source code

No known source code

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