CVE-2019-19528 Use after free in n/a

Medium 6.1 Published Updated

A malicious USB device can trigger a use-after-free in the Linux kernel iowarrior driver, potentially allowing local attackers to execute code or escalate privileges.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2019-19528?

CVE-2019-19528 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 3 Dec 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 before 5.3.7, there is a use-after-free bug that can be caused by a malicious USB device in the drivers/usb/misc/iowarrior.c driver, aka CID-edc4746f253d.

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-19528?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2019-19528?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2019-19528 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-19528 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-19528, GHSA-5869-5hjv-gvqp, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-19528.

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