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CVE-2019-19725

31
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-19725 is a critical double free vulnerability (CWE-415) affecting sysstat versions through 12.2.0, specifically in the check_file_actlst function within sa_common.c. This flaw impacts various distributions including Canonical Ubuntu and Debian Linux, as well as the sysstat project itself. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it presents a severe risk, allowing unauthenticated attackers to achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts over the network with low attack complexity. Despite its critical severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 12.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sysstat_project:sysstat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
19.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.58%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0258 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-19725Important

sysstat: double free in check_file_actlst() in sa_common.c may lead to arbitrary code execution

Dec 9, 2019

References

github.com / sysstat/sysstat/issues/242
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00014.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202007-22
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4242-1
Third Party Advisory