CVE-2019-2101 Information disclosure in Android

What is CVE-2019-2101?

CVE-2019-2101 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 7 Jun 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In uvc_parse_standard_control of uvc_driver.c, there is a possible out-of-bound read due to improper input validation. This could lead to local information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Product: Android. Versions: Android kernel. Android ID: A-111760968.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-2101?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2019-2101?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2019-2101 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-2101 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-2019-2101, GHSA-574f-mhc6-4fgh, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-2101.