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CVE-2019-20422

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-20422 is a medium-severity vulnerability in the Linux kernel prior to version 5.3.4, specifically affecting the fib6_rule_lookup function in net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c. This flaw involves incorrect handling of the RT6_LOOKUP_F_DST_NOREF flag, which can lead to a system crash. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring local privileges, and resulting in high availability impact (system crash) without affecting confidentiality or integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 5.3.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
35.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0043 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 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 0.1 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-2019-20422Moderate

kernel: mishandling the RT6_LOOKUP_F_DST_NOREF flag in fib6_rule_lookup in net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c

Jan 27, 2020

References

cdn.kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.3.4
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/7b09c2d052db4b4ad0b27b97918b46a7746966fa
PatchThird Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20200313-0003