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CVE-2019-19252 json

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-0c9acb1af…

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-8878

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 35%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 5.4.6-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-19252

  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 5.0.0-1029.30~18.04.1
  • linux-hwe Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 5.3.0-40.32~18.04.1
  • linux-azure Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 5.0.0-1029.31~18.04.1
  • linux-aws-5.0 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 5.0.0-1024.27~18.04.1
  • linux-gcp-5.3 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 5.3.0-1012.13~18.04.1
  • linux-gke-5.0 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 5.0.0-1029.30~18.04.1
  • linux-gke-5.3 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 5.3.0-1012.13~18.04.1
  • linux-oem-osp1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 5.0.0-1037.42

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-19252

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kernel-source openSUSE Tumbleweed 5.14.6-1.4
  • kernel-source openSUSE Tumbleweed 6.6.17-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10728-1openSUSE-SU-2024:13704-1

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red hat product security vex CVE-2019-19252 updated cvss 5.5

kernel: vcs_write in drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c does not prevent write access to vcsu devices

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-alt, python-perf, +9 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 kernel-rt, mrg-rt-release, kernel-rt-trace, kernel-rt-vanilla, kernel-rt-firmware
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 35% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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