CVE-2019-15880
highpriority · track · 40EPSS 0.015 · 75 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
In FreeBSD 12.1-STABLE before r356911, and 12.1-RELEASE before p5, insufficient checking in the cryptodev module allocated the size of a kernel buffer based on a user-supplied length allowing an unprivileged process to trigger a kernel panic.
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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 · high–critical · 7.5–9.8
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affected products (2)
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references (9)
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- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15880cnnvd
- https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-20:16.cryptodev.asccnnvd
- https://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-20:16.cryptodev.ascPatchcnnvd
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200518-0008/cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.1671/cnnvd
- https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-20:16.cryptodev.ascenisa_euvd
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200518-0008/enisa_euvd
- https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-20:16.cryptodev.ascVendor Advisorynvd
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