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CVE-2019-18618

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-18618 describes an incorrect access control vulnerability in Synaptics VFS75xx family fingerprint sensors with external flash, affecting products from HP, Lenovo, and Synaptics. A local administrator or physical attacker can compromise sensor data confidentiality by injecting an unverified partition table. Rated Medium (CVSS 6.0), this vulnerability requires high privileges and local or physical access, but can lead to high confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.1.5.51CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:synaptics:vfs75xx_firmware:5.1.5.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.1.337.26CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:synaptics:vfs75xx_firmware:5.1.337.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.1.3507.26CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:synaptics:vfs75xx_firmware:5.1.3507.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.2.320.26CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:synaptics:vfs75xx_firmware:5.2.320.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.2.524.26CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:synaptics:vfs75xx_firmware:5.2.524.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.0MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.50%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
40.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0050 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 3,720 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

support.hp.com / us-en/document/c06696474
PatchThird Party Advisory
support.lenovo.com / us/en/product_security/LEN-31372
PatchThird Party Advisory
synaptics.com / company/blog
Vendor Advisory
synaptics.com / sites/default/files/fingerprint-sensor-VFS7500-security-brief-2020-07-14.pdf
Vendor Advisory