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CVE-2019-19524In the Linux kernel before 5.3.12, there is a use-after-free bug that can be caused by a malicious USB device in the…
- 4.6MediumCVSS base score
- 0.74%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 45% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In the Linux kernel before 5.3.12, there is a use-after-free bug that can be caused by a malicious USB device in the drivers/input/ff-memless.c driver, aka CID-fa3a5a1880c9.
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)
- 0.74% · top 45% 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-5.3.12 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fa3a5a1880c91bb92594ad42dfe9eedad7996b86 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20191203 Linux kernel: multiple vulnerabilities in the USB subsystem x3 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2019:2675 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-4228-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-4227-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-4226-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-4225-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-4228-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-4227-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 20200109 [slackware-security] Slackware 14.2 kernel (SSA:2020-008-01) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155890/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200118 [SECURITY] [DLA 2068-1] linux security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- USN-4225-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200302 [SECURITY] [DLA 2114-1] linux-4.9 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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-2019-9142 (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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