CVE-2019-15218 is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's smsusb.c driver, affecting versions prior to 5.1.8 and various distributions including Canonical, Debian, and Oracle. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 4.6) can be triggered by a malicious USB device, leading to a denial of service (availability impact) with low attack complexity and requiring physical access. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit or ExploitDB, and it has received minimal community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 5.1.8CPE 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 version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.