CVE-2019-5068

Public Exploit

Description

An exploitable shared memory permissions vulnerability exists in the functionality of X11 Mesa 3D Graphics Library 19.1.2. An attacker can access the shared memory without any specific permissions to trigger this vulnerability.

Categories

4.4
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.09%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com
Affected: n/a Mesa 3D X11 Graphics library
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00013.html third party advisory mailing list
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00037.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4271-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0857 third party advisory exploit
https://lists.freedesktop.org/pipermail/mesa-dev/2019-October/223704.html mailing list third party advisory patch
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/commit/02c3dad0f3b4d26e0faa5cc51d06bc50d693dcdc third party advisory patch

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-5068?
CVE-2019-5068 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-5068?
To fix CVE-2019-5068, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2019-5068 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2019-5068 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2019-5068?
CVE-2019-5068 affects n/a Mesa 3D X11 Graphics library.
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