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CVE-2019-15219

CVE-2019-15219MEDIUM

n/a n/a — An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.1.8.

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   P   L   N   N  U  N  N  H    4.6   .0071   52.7     —

AFFECTED
  Product  Versions  Fixed
  n/a      n/a –     —

TIMELINE
  Aug 19  Reserved by mitre
  Aug 19  Published (CNA: mitre)
  Oct 8   ENRICHED — CVE-2019-15219. Received CVSS 4.6 and CPE data from NVD.
  Oct 8   EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2019-15219. Public exploit reference added.

CWE-476 · CNA: mitre · CVSS v3.1 · 14 references · NVD status: Modified

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.1.8. There is a NULL pointer dereference caused by a malicious USB device in the drivers/usb/misc/sisusbvga/sisusb.c driver.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 4 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
August 19, 2019	Reserved	Reserved by mitre
August 19, 2019	Published	Published (CNA: mitre)
October 8, 2026	ENRICHED	ENRICHED — CVE-2019-15219. Received CVSS 4.6 and CPE data from NVD.
October 8, 2026	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2019-15219. Public exploit reference added.

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
n/a	n/a	—	n/a	—

Weaknesses

CWE-476

References (14)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.html [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/20/2 [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/22/2 [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/22/3 [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/22/4 [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/22/5 [Mailing List]
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.1.8 [Release Notes]
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9a5729f68d3a82786aea110b1bfe610be318f80a [Patch]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00014.html [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00015.html [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00025.html [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190905-0002/ [Third Party Advisory]
https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=aaf6794922521df1c35c81e32cb2d0bb6a351e7b [Exploit, Third Party Advisory]

Authoritative record: CVE-2019-15219 at cve.org

Weaknesses: CWE-476

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