7.8

CVE-2019-8980: canonical ubuntu_linux

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2019-8980DEBIAN-CVE-2019-8980
Published 21-02-2019Last modified 04-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-8980 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 5.92% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Prioritisesevere

Severe, CVSS 7.5 (NVD); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 6% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
5.92%
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 11 · Related 8
DLA-1771-1OPENSUSE-SU-2019:1193-1RHSA-2020:1567RHSA-2020:1769SUSE-SU-2019:0765-1SUSE-SU-2019:0767-1

Timeline

  1. 21-02-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A memory leak in the kernel_read_file function in fs/exec.c in the Linux kernel through 4.20.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering vfs_read failures.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 3 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

5.92%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

93%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 5.92% 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.

Ubuntu11 products
  • linux< 4.15.0-47.50
  • linux-aws< 4.15.0-1035.37
  • linux-aws-hwe< 4.15.0-1035.37~16.04.1
  • linux-azure< 4.15.0-1041.45~14.04.1 | < 4.15.0-1041.45 | < 4.18.0-1014.14~18.04.1
  • linux-gcp< 4.15.0-1029.31~16.04.1 | < 4.15.0-1029.31
Debian2 products
Canonical1 product
Linux1 product
  • linux_kernel≥ 4.7, < 4.9.163 | ≥ 4.14, < 4.14.106 | ≥ 4.19, < 4.19.28 | ≥ 4.20, < 4.20.15 | ≥ 5.0, < 5.0.1 | 5.1:rc1
Opensuse1 product

5 vendors · 16 products

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