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CVE-2019-7221
The KVM implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.20.5 has a Use-after-Free.
High7.8EPSS 0.80%
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- mitre
Description
The KVM implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.20.5 has a Use-after-Free.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.80% · top 43% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (24)
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/151713/KVM-VMX-Preemption-Timer-Use-After-Free.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-164946aa7f (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-3da64f3e61 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commits/master/arch/x86/kvm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- SUSE-SA-2019:0203-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/02/18/2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ecec76885bcfe3294685dc363fd1273df0d5d65f (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1760 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190327 [SECURITY] [DLA 1731-1] linux security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190401 [SECURITY] [DLA 1731-2] linux regression update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- USN-3932-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-3932-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-3930-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-3931-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-3931-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-3930-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190404-0002/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2019:0833 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2019:0818 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190503 [SECURITY] [DLA 1771-1] linux-4.9 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHBA-2019:0959 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K08413011 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2019:3967 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2019:4058 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_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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