{
    "data_type": "CVE",
    "data_format": "MITRE",
    "data_version": "4.0",
    "CVE_data_meta": {
        "ID": "CVE-2019-5023",
        "ASSIGNER": "talos-cna@cisco.com",
        "STATE": "PUBLIC"
    },
    "affects": {
        "vendor": {
            "vendor_data": [
                {
                    "vendor_name": "n/a",
                    "product": {
                        "product_data": [
                            {
                                "product_name": "PaX",
                                "version": {
                                    "version_data": [
                                        {
                                            "version_value": "PaX pax-linux-4.9.24-test7.patch (latest version available to the public) grsecurity grsecurity-3.1-4.9.24-201704252333.patch (latest official version available to the public) v4.9.74-unofficial_grsec (latest unofficial version available to the public)"
                                        }
                                    ]
                                }
                            }
                        ]
                    }
                }
            ]
        }
    },
    "problemtype": {
        "problemtype_data": [
            {
                "description": [
                    {
                        "lang": "eng",
                        "value": "CWE-401: Improper Release of Memory Before Removing Last Reference"
                    }
                ]
            }
        ]
    },
    "references": {
        "reference_data": [
            {
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0784",
                "url": "https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0784"
            }
        ]
    },
    "description": {
        "description_data": [
            {
                "lang": "eng",
                "value": "An exploitable vulnerability exists in the grsecurity PaX patch for the function read_kmem, in PaX from version pax-linux-4.9.8-test1 to 4.9.24-test7, grsecurity official from version grsecurity-3.1-4.9.8-201702060653 to grsecurity-3.1-4.9.24-201704252333, grsecurity unofficial from version v4.9.25-unofficialgrsec to v4.9.74-unofficialgrsec. PaX adds a temp buffer to the read_kmem function, which is never freed when an invalid address is supplied. This results in a memory leakage that can lead to a crash of the system. An attacker needs to induce a read to /dev/kmem using an invalid address to exploit this vulnerability."
            }
        ]
    },
    "impact": {
        "cvss": {
            "baseScore": 5.9,
            "baseSeverity": "Medium",
            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H",
            "version": "3.0"
        }
    }
}