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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2019-3819

A local privileged user ("root") can cause a system lock up and a denial of service.

MEDIUM 4.4EPSS 0.46%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.46%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel in the function hid_debug_events_read() in drivers/hid/hid-debug.c file which may enter an infinite loop with certain parameters passed from a userspace. A local privileged user ("root") can cause a system lock up and a denial of service. Versions from v4.18 and newer are vulnerable.

CVSS 3.1
4.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
0.46% probability · 38th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-835
Affected
linux/linux kernel · debian/debian linux · canonical/ubuntu linux · opensuse/leap
Source
secalert@redhat.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.