Impact: Moderate Public Date: 2019-08-16 CWE: CWE-119 Bugzilla: 1746769: CVE-2019-15117 kernel: out of bounds memory access in parse_audio_mixer_unit in sound/usb/mixer.c parse_audio_mixer_unit in sound/usb/mixer.c in the Linux kernel through 5.2.9 mishandles a short descriptor, leading to out-of-bounds memory access.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2019-15117 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| CVSS3 Base Score | 7.3 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | Low |
| Integrity Impact | Low |
| Availability Impact | High |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | kernel | Under investigation |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | kernel-rt | Under investigation |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-alt | Under investigation |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel | Under investigation |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-rt | Under investigation |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | kernel | Under investigation |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel | Under investigation |
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