CVE-2019-15926 is a critical out-of-bounds access vulnerability in the Linux kernel before version 5.2.3, specifically affecting the ath6kl wireless driver. This flaw impacts various distributions including Canonical and Debian Linux. With a CVSS score of 9.1 (CRITICAL), it can be exploited remotely without user interaction, potentially leading to high confidentiality and availability impacts. Despite its severity and significant community discussion (10 mentions), there is currently no public exploit code available, nor is it listed on CISA's KEV catalog or being actively exploited.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 3.2, < 3.16.74CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 3.17, < 4.4.187CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 4.5, < 4.9.187CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 4.10, < 4.14.135CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 4.15, < 4.19.61CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub 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 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.