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CVE-2019-15505: canonical ubuntu_linux Out-of-bounds Read

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2019-15505DEBIAN-CVE-2019-15505
Published 23-08-2019Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-15505 is a high (CVSS 10.0) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 7.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Prioritisesevere

Severe, CVSS 9.8 (NVD); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 8% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
10.0/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
7.62%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 13 · Related 9
DLA-2068-1DLA-2114-1RHSA-2024:2950RHSA-2024:3138SUSE-SU-2019:14218-1SUSE-SU-2019:2949-1

Timeline

  1. 23-08-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/technisat-usb2.c in the Linux kernel through 5.2.9 has an out-of-bounds read via crafted USB device traffic (which may be remote via usbip or usbredir).

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

7.62%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

95%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 7.62% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu26 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.4.0-166.195 | < 4.15.0-66.75
  • linux-aws< 4.4.0-1056.60 | < 4.4.0-1096.107 | < 4.15.0-1052.54
  • linux-aws-fips< 4.15.0-2018.18 | All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-hwe< 4.15.0-1052.54~16.04.1
  • linux-azure< 4.15.0-1061.66~14.04.1 | < 4.15.0-1061.66 | < 5.0.0-1023.24~18.04.1
Debian2 products
Canonical1 product
Linux1 product
  • linux_kernel< 3.16.77 | ≥ 3.17, < 4.4.194 | ≥ 4.5, < 4.9.194 | ≥ 4.10, < 4.14.146 | ≥ 4.15, < 4.19.75 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.2.17 | ≥ 5.3, < 5.3.1

4 vendors · 30 products

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