CVE-2019-19075: canonical ubuntu_linux
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2019-19075 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 4.04% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.6% 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 14 · Related 14Timeline
- 18-11-2019PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
A memory leak in the ca8210_probe() function in drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3.8 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering ca8210_get_platform_data() failures, aka CID-6402939ec86e.
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
4.04%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
91%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
Increase +0.05 pp
From 3.99% 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.
Ubuntu30 products
- linux< 4.15.0-72.81
- linux-aws< 4.15.0-1056.58
- linux-aws-5.0< 5.0.0-1023.26~18.04.1
- linux-aws-fips< 4.15.0-2018.18 | All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-hwe< 4.15.0-1056.58~16.04.1
Canonical1 product
- ubuntu_linuxEOL16.04 | 18.04 | 19.04 | 19.10
Debian1 product
- linux< 5.3.9-1
Linux1 product
- linux_kernel≥ 4.12, < 4.14.151 | ≥ 4.15, < 4.19.81 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.3.8
4 vendors · 33 products
References
13 links- cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.3.8X Refsource MISCREPORTRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6402939ec86eaf226c8b8ae00ed983936b164908X Refsource MISCREPORTPatchThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00029.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
