CVE-2019-15879
mediumpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.007 · 51 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
In FreeBSD 12.1-STABLE before r356908, 12.1-RELEASE before p5, 11.3-STABLE before r356908, and 11.3-RELEASE before p9, a race condition in the cryptodev module permitted a data structure in the kernel to be used after it was freed, allowing an unprivileged process can overwrite arbitrary kernel memory.
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Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.8–7.4
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affected products (3)
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references (10)
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- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15879cnnvd
- https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-20:15.cryptodev.asccnnvd
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200518-0005/cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/FreeBSD-use-after-free-via-cryptodev-32254cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.1671/cnnvd
- https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-20:15.cryptodev.ascPatchcnnvd
- https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-20:15.cryptodev.ascenisa_euvd
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200518-0005/enisa_euvd
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