6.7

CVE-2019-19769: fedoraproject fedora Use After Free

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2019-19769DEBIAN-CVE-2019-19769
Published 12-12-2019Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-19769 is a medium (CVSS 6.7) Use After Free vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 1.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 71.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 6.7, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
6.7/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.35%
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 14 · Related 12

Timeline

  1. 12-12-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel 5.3.10, there is a use-after-free (read) in the perf_trace_lock_acquire function (related to include/trace/events/lock.h).

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.35%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

72%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 1.35% 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: local access, administrative account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu25 products
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.3< 5.3.0-1019.21~18.04.1
  • linux-azureAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-azure-5.3< 5.3.0-1022.23~18.04.1
  • linux-azure-edgeAll versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
  • linux< 5.5.13-1
Fedoraproject1 product
Linux1 product

4 vendors · 28 products

References

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