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CVE-2019-15217

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-15217 is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel (before 5.2.3), specifically within the zr364xx USB driver, affecting various Linux distributions like Canonical, Debian, and openSUSE. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6 (Medium), indicating a physical attack vector with low complexity, requiring a malicious USB device to cause a denial of service. There is no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 5.2.3CPE 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
0.68%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
48.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0068 is in the 87th 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:3.10.0-1160.rt56.1131.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-0:3.10.0-1160.el7
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: kernel
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-alt
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-rt

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-15217Low

kernel: null pointer dereference in drivers/media/usb/zr364xx/zr364xx.c driver

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
cdn.kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.2.3
Release Notes
git.kernel.org / pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit
Patch
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-20190905-0002
Third Party Advisory
syzkaller.appspot.com / bug
ExploitThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4147-1
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4286-1
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4286-2
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4302-1
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2019/08/20/2
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2019/08/22/2
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2019/08/22/3
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2019/08/22/4
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2019/08/22/5
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory