CVE-2019-18812: linux linux_kernel
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2019-18812 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in linux linux_kernel. EPSS estimates a 3.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89.7% of scored vulnerabilities.
Severe, CVSS 7.5 (NVD); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 4% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 2Timeline
- 07-11-2019PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
A memory leak in the sof_dfsentry_write() function in sound/soc/sof/debug.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), aka CID-c0a333d842ef.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVDNIST7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
3.70%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
90%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 3.70% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu4 products
- linuxAll versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-azureAll versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-lts-xenialAll versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
- linux< 5.4.6-1
Linux1 product
- linux_kernel≥ 5.3, < 5.4
3 vendors · 6 products
References
7 links- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c0a333d842ef67ac04adc72ff79dc1ccc3dca4edX Refsource MISCREPORTPatchThird Party Advisory
