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CVE-2019-19053

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-19053 is a memory leak vulnerability in the Linux kernel (through version 5.3.11) affecting products from Broadcom, Canonical, and NetApp. This flaw, residing in the rpmsg_eptdev_write_iter() function, allows an unauthenticated attacker to remotely trigger copy_from_iter_full() failures, leading to a denial of service due to memory consumption. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), it has a low attack complexity and no user interaction required, but only impacts availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 4.20, < 5.4.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
19.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:aff_baseboard_management_controller:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.29%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0329 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-19053Moderate

kernel: A memory leak in the rpmsg_eptdev_write_iter() function in drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c allows attackers to cause a DoS

Sep 17, 2019

References

github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/bbe692e349e2a1edf3fe0a29a0e05899c9c94d51
PatchThird Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20191205-0001
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4300-1
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4301-1
Third Party Advisory