Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU17762

Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2019-3459

Published: February 19, 2019

Vulnerability identifier: #VU17762

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-3459

CWE-ID: CWE-401

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: Linux Foundation

Affected software:
Linux kernel

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due heap address infoleak in use of l2cap_get_conf_opt. A local attacker can trigger memory leak and access important data.

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