CVE-2019-8912
Estado: ModificadaAlta (7.8)—
En el kernel de Linux, hasta la versión 4.20.11, af_alg_release() en crypto/af_alg.c no establece un valor NULL para cierto miembro de estructura, lo que conduce a un uso de memoria previamente liberada en sockfs_setattr.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 7.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.65%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 49
- Fecha de la puntuación: 9/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (4)
CWE
- CWE-416
Referencias
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00052.html
- http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/1042902/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107063
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0174
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3930-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3930-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3931-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3931-2/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-8912
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00052.html
- http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/1042902/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107063
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0174
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3930-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3930-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3931-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3931-2/
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