CVE-2019-11599 is a race condition vulnerability in the Linux kernel's coredump implementation, affecting versions prior to 5.0.10. This flaw allows local users to trigger a race condition during coredump generation, potentially leading to sensitive information disclosure, denial of service, or other unspecified impacts. With a CVSS score of 7.0 (HIGH), the attack requires low privileges and high attack complexity, but can result in high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, a proof-of-concept exploit is available on ExploitDB, and the vulnerability has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 2.16.12, < 3.16.66CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 3.17, < 4.4.183CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 4.5, < 4.9.188CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 4.10, < 4.14.114CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 4.15, < 4.19.37CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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