What is the CVSS score of CVE-2019-20095?

CVE-2019-20095 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (Medium). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.4%.

Active Iq Unified Manager CVE-2019-20095

MEDIUM

Memory Leak (CWE-401)

2019-12-30 cve@mitre.org

Denial Of Service Linux Active Iq Unified Manager E Series Santricity Os Controller Hci Management Node Leap Solidfire H610S Firmware Steelstore Cloud Integrated Storage Cloud Backup Opensuse A700S Firmware 8300 Firmware 8700 Firmware A400 Firmware Data Availability Services Netapp

5.5

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

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Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness	CWE CWE-401 ASVS 5.0 V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Resource cleanup, leak prevention
Impact	CVSS score of 5.5 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: local attack vector, low complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction not required.
Exploit ScenarioDerived	A local attacker with access to the system could exhaust available memory leading to denial of service.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).

No patch listed yet 0.4% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAI

mwifiex_tm_cmd in drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c in the Linux kernel before 5.1.6 has some error-handling cases that did not free allocated hostcmd memory, aka CID-003b686ace82. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Ensure all allocated memory is properly freed. Use RAII patterns or garbage-collected languages.

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This vulnerability is classified as Memory Leak (CWE-401), which allows attackers to exhaust available memory leading to denial of service. mwifiex_tm_cmd in drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c in the Linux kernel before 5.1.6 has some error-handling cases that did not free allocated hostcmd memory, aka CID-003b686ace82. This will cause a memory leak and denial of service. Affected products include: Linux Linux Kernel, Opensuse Leap, Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager, Netapp Cloud Backup, Netapp Data Availability Services. Version information: before 5.1.6.

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Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY 5.5 MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

DescriptionNVD

mwifiex_tm_cmd in drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c in the Linux kernel before 5.1.6 has some error-handling cases that did not free allocated hostcmd memory, aka CID-003b686ace82. This will cause a memory leak and denial of service.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score

0.4%

Top 68% exploitable

Data Quality

3 sources

Confidence: Low

NVD

CVE.org

EPSS

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How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue

Severity MEDIUM

CISA KEV No

Public POC No

EPSS 0.4%

Patch available No

Active threat No

Deciding rule

MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)

What every action level means

Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.

Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.

Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived

Defer

Exploitation· derived

None

System Exposure· derived

Small

Automatable· derived

Human Impact· derived

Medium

Priority Score

Low Medium High Critical

KEV: 0

EPSS: 0

CVSS: +28

PoC: 0

Weaponized: 0

Threat intel: 0

Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Denial of Service MEDIUM

Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.

Affected Products (CPE)NVD

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:netapp:cloud_backup:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:netapp:data_availability_services:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:netapp:e-series_santricity_os_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:netapp:hci_management_node:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:netapp:solidfire:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:netapp:steelstore_cloud_integrated_storage:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:netapp:a700s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:netapp:8300_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:netapp:8700_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:netapp:a400_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h610s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Advisories & patches

ADVISORY https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.1.6 ADVISORY https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=003b686ace820ce2d635a83f10f2d7f9c147dabc ADVISORY https://vuldb.com/vuln/147875 REF http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00021.html REF https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200204-0002/

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