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CVE-2019-10220

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-10220 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel's CIFS implementation, specifically version 4.9.0, across various Debian and Ubuntu distributions. It involves a relative path injection flaw in directory entry lists. With a CVSS score of 8.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is currently no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2.6.12, < 3.16.81CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.17, < 4.4.208CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.5, < 4.9.208CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.10, < 4.14.162CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.15, < 4.19.93CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.0HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.1
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.12%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0512 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 14,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2Fixed in: kernel-rt

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-10220Important

kernel: CIFS: Relative paths injection in directory entry lists

Nov 27, 2019

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00013.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20200103-0001
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4226-1
Third Party Advisory