CVE-2019-19252
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: November 25, 2019 at 05:26 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:26 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
vcs_write in drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.13 does not prevent write access to vcsu devices, aka CID-0c9acb1af77a.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 5.3.13
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (5)
x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty.git/commit/?h=tty-testing&id=0c9acb1af77a3cb8707e43f45b72c95266903ceex_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/c30fc539-68a8-65d7-226c-6f8e6fd8bdfb%40suse.com/x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200103-0001/CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125
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