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CVE-2019-15917

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-15917 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel prior to version 5.0.5, specifically within the Bluetooth HCI UART driver, affecting various Debian, openSUSE, and other Linux distributions. With a CVSS score of 7.0 (HIGH), this vulnerability could allow a local, low-privileged attacker to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, though a high attack complexity is noted. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.12.61, < 3.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.7, < 4.9.202CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.10, < 4.14.109CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.15, < 4.19.32CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.20, < 5.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.0HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.67%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
48.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0067 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 1,523 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 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 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.1 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (7)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
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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-alt-0:4.14.0-115.26.1.el7a
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-0:3.10.0-1160.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Extended Update SupportFixed in: kernel-0:3.10.0-1062.43.1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:4.18.0-240.rt7.54.el8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-240.el8
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-15917Moderate

kernel: use-after-free in drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c

Sep 4, 2019

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.html
Third Party Advisory
packetstormsecurity.com / files/155890/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
cdn.kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.5
Release Notes
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/56897b217a1d0a91c9920cb418d6b3fe922f590a
Patch
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00025.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html
Third Party Advisory
seclists.org / bugtraq/2020/Jan/10
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20191004-0001
Third Party Advisory