CVEvulnerability

CVE-2019-14283

6.8 MEDIUM Published 2019-07-26 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2019-07-26
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
6.8 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-125, CWE-190

Description

In the Linux kernel before 5.2.3, set_geometry in drivers/block/floppy.c does not validate the sect and head fields, as demonstrated by an integer overflow and out-of-bounds read. It can be triggered by an unprivileged local user when a floppy disk has been inserted. NOTE: QEMU creates the floppy device by default.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (< 5.2.3)

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read weakness
  • CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound weakness

References