What is CVE-2019-15118?

CVE-2019-15118 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, classified as a Uncontrolled Recursion flaw (CWE-674). CVE-2019-15118 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2019-15118?

CVE-2019-15118 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2019-15118?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2019-15118 patch availability.

Is CVE-2019-15118 actively exploited?

CVE-2019-15118 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is Uncontrolled Recursion (CWE-674)?

The product does not properly control the amount of recursion which triggers resource consumption. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/674.html

CVE-2019-15118

Medium

check_input_term in sound/usb/mixer.c in the Linux kernel through 5.2.9 mishandles recursion, leading to kernel stack exhaustion.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2019-08-16

Last modified 2024-11-21

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.1 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness type

CWE-674

CVE-2019-15118 is a Uncontrolled Recursion vulnerability

What is Uncontrolled Recursion?

The product does not properly control the amount of recursion which triggers resource consumption. Learn more on MITRE CWE

References

16 total

Packet Storm
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155212/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html

Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound.git/commit/?id=19bce474c45be69a284ecee660aa12d8f1e88f18

Mailing List Patch
Kernel.org
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20190815043554.16623-1-benquike%40gmail.com/

Mailing List Patch
Seclists
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/11

Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
Lists
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html

Mailing List

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2019-15118

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2019-08-16

Modified 2024-11-21

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-15118?

CVE-2019-15118 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 , classified as an Uncontrolled Recursion flaw (CWE-674) . CVE-2019-15118 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2019-15118?

CVE-2019-15118 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2019-15118?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2019-15118 patch availability.
Is CVE-2019-15118 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2019-15118 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.