CVE-2019-18786 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2019-18786?

CVE-2019-18786 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 6 Nov 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In the Linux kernel through 5.3.8, f->fmt.sdr.reserved is uninitialized in rcar_drif_g_fmt_sdr_cap in drivers/media/platform/rcar_drif.c, which could cause a memory disclosure problem.

Weakness: CWE-908

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-18786?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2019-18786?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2019-18786 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-18786 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-18786, GHSA-642m-r6qq-xqrv, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-18786.