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CVE-2019-15879

HIGH · CVSS 7.4 EPSS 0.66%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2020-05-13 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.4. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2019-15879
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.4
EPSS
0.66%

Original NVD Description

In FreeBSD 12.1-STABLE before r356908, 12.1-RELEASE before p5, 11.3-STABLE before r356908, and 11.3-RELEASE before p9, a race condition in the cryptodev module permitted a data structure in the kernel to be used after it was freed, allowing an unprivileged process can overwrite arbitrary kernel memory.

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