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CVE-2019-19050

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-19050 is a memory leak vulnerability in the Linux kernel (through version 5.3.11) affecting various distributions and products including Broadcom, Canonical, Fedora, and NetApp. This flaw, residing in the crypto_reportstat() function, allows unauthenticated attackers to trigger a denial of service by causing excessive memory consumption. Rated 7.5 HIGH on CVSS, the vulnerability has a low attack complexity and no confidentiality or integrity impact, but a high availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 4.20, < 5.3.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.4, < 5.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.5:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
30CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
31CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.08%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0508 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-19050Moderate

kernel: dos in crypto_reportstat() function in crypto/crypto_user_stat.c

Nov 18, 2019

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/156455/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0063-1.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/c03b04dcdba1da39903e23cc4d072abf8f68f2dd
PatchThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/O3PSDE6PTOTVBK2YTKB2TFQP2SUBVSNF
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PY7LJMSPAGRIKABJPDKQDTXYW3L5RX2T
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20191205-0001
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4258-1
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4284-1
Third Party Advisory