# CVE-2019-15875: Information disclosure in FreeBSD

> An attacker can read up to 20 bytes of kernel data from core dump files due to improper stack initialization in FreeBSD.

- **Severity:** Low 3.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Feb 2020
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9q2m-66p7-cw4v

## What is CVE-2019-15875?

CVE-2019-15875 is a low-severity vulnerability in Freebsd Freebsd, published on 18 Feb 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In FreeBSD 12.1-STABLE before r354734, 12.1-RELEASE before 12.1-RELEASE-p2, 12.0-RELEASE before 12.0-RELEASE-p13, 11.3-STABLE before r354735, and 11.3-RELEASE before 11.3-RELEASE-p6, due to incorrect initialization of a stack data structure, core dump files may contain up to 20 bytes of kernel data previously stored on the stack.

Weakness: CWE-665 (Improper Initialization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-15875?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Freebsd Freebsd.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-15875?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-15875 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-15875 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-15875 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Freebsd Freebsd

- [CVE-2018-17160](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-17160/): Memory corruption in FreeBSD (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2014-3954](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-3954/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2006-4304](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-4304/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2006-0226](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-0226/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2004-0002](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-0002/): Denial of service in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-15875 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-15875 is a low-severity vulnerability in Freebsd Freebsd, published on 18 Feb 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-15875 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Freebsd Freebsd. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-15875/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-15875/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-15875
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15875
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-15875

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