CVE-2019-19319
MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: November 27, 2019 at 10:48 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:26 AM UTC
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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%
Description
In the Linux kernel before 5.2, a setxattr operation, after a mount of a crafted ext4 image, can cause a slab-out-of-bounds write access because of an ext4_xattr_set_entry use-after-free in fs/ext4/xattr.c when a large old_size value is used in a memset call, aka CID-345c0dbf3a30.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (10)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00021.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=345c0dbf3a30x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/bobfuzzer/CVE/tree/master/CVE-2019-19319Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00011.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00012.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00013.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200103-0001/CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- HIGH
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-416CWE-787
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