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CVE-2019-15221An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.1.17. There is a NULL pointer dereference caused by a malicious USB device in the…
- 4.6MediumCVSS base score
- 0.71%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 46% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.1.17. There is a NULL pointer dereference caused by a malicious USB device in the sound/usb/line6/pcm.c driver.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 5 years later
· 5 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium4.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.71% · top 46% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References15
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.1.17 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3450121997ce872eb7f1248417225827ea249710 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=240f09164db2c3d3af33a117c713dc7650dc29d6 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20190820 Linux kernel: multiple vulnerabilities in the USB subsystem x2 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- USN-4115-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-4118-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190905-0002/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190914 [SECURITY] [DLA 1919-1] linux-4.9 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190915 [SECURITY] [DLA 1919-2] linux-4.9 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2019:2173 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2019:2181 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190925 [SECURITY] [DLA 1930-1] linux security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- USN-4147-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-4286-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-4286-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2019-6234 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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