{"id":"CVE-2019-19073","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-19073","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:24:45.530Z","title":"Memory leaks in drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering wait_for_completion_timeout() failures.","description":"Memory leaks in drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering wait_for_completion_timeout() failures. This affects the htc_config_pipe_credits() function, the htc_setup_complete() function, and the htc_connect_service() function, aka CID-853acf7caf10.","published":"2019-11-18T06:15:13.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:26:07.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":4,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L"},"cwe":["CWE-401"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel","fedoraproject/fedora","opensuse/leap"],"epss":{"score":0.00533,"percentile":0.44727,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.53%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00029.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/853acf7caf10b828102d92d05b5c101666a6142b","tags":["Patch","Release Notes"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00032.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00034.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/O3PSDE6PTOTVBK2YTKB2TFQP2SUBVSNF/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PY7LJMSPAGRIKABJPDKQDTXYW3L5RX2T/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4526-1/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4527-1/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00029.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/853acf7caf10b828102d92d05b5c101666a6142b","tags":["Patch","Release Notes"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00032.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00034.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/O3PSDE6PTOTVBK2YTKB2TFQP2SUBVSNF/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PY7LJMSPAGRIKABJPDKQDTXYW3L5RX2T/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4526-1/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4527-1/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-19073","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}