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CVE-2019-15211

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-15211 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel (before 5.2.6) affecting various distributions like Canonical, Debian, and openSUSE. It stems from improper memory allocation in the v4l2-dev.c driver, triggered by a malicious USB device. With a CVSS score of 4.6 (Medium), this vulnerability requires physical access via a malicious USB device (AV:P) and can lead to a denial of service (A:H). The attack complexity is low (AC:L), and no user interaction is required. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting a low current threat landscape.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 5.2.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h410c_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:data_availability_services:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:solidfire_\&_hci_management_node:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.6MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.76%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
51.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0076 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 1,532 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 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 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-15211Moderate

kernel: use-after-free in drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c

Aug 19, 2019

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00029.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
cdn.kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.2.6
Release Notes
git.kernel.org / pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit
Patch
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00014.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00015.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00025.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20190905-0002
Third Party Advisory
syzkaller.appspot.com / bug
Exploit
usn.ubuntu.com / 4115-1
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4118-1
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4145-1
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4147-1
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2019/08/20/2
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory