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CVE-2019-19537
In the Linux kernel before 5.2.10, there is a race condition bug that can be caused by a malicious USB device in the USB character device…
Medium4.2EPSS 0.28%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
In the Linux kernel before 5.2.10, there is a race condition bug that can be caused by a malicious USB device in the USB character device driver layer, aka CID-303911cfc5b9. This affects drivers/usb/core/file.c.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 5 years later
· 5 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium4.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.28% · top 79% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.2.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.2.10 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=303911cfc5b95d33687d9046133ff184cf5043ff (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20191203 Linux kernel: multiple vulnerabilities in the USB subsystem x3 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200118 [SECURITY] [DLA 2068-1] linux security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200302 [SECURITY] [DLA 2114-1] linux-4.9 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0336 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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