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CVE-2019-19526 json

In the Linux kernel before 5.3.9, there is a use-after-free bug that can be caused by a malicious USB device in the drivers/nfc/pn533/usb.c…

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-9144

cvss
4.6
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 37%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In the Linux kernel before 5.3.9, there is a use-after-free bug that can be caused by a malicious USB device in the drivers/nfc/pn533/usb.c driver, aka CID-6af3aa57a098.

Patch / fix

  • linux linux_kernel 5.3.9
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 5.3.9-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-19526

  • linux Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-72.81
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-1056.58
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.15.0-1050.53
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 5.0.0-1028.29~18.04.1
  • linux-hwe Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.15.0-72.81~16.04.1
  • linux-hwe Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 5.3.0-26.28~18.04.1
  • linux-kvm Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-1051.51
  • linux-oem Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-1065.75

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-19526

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-rt Real Time Module 15 SP1 4.12.14-14.17.1
  • kernel-syms-rt Real Time Module 15 SP1 4.12.14-14.17.1
  • kernel-rt_debug Real Time Module 15 SP1 4.12.14-14.17.1
  • kernel-source-rt Real Time Module 15 SP1 4.12.14-14.17.1
  • kernel-rt SLE Real Time 12 SP4 4.12.14-8.12.1
  • kernel-syms-rt SLE Real Time 12 SP4 4.12.14-8.12.1
  • kernel-rt_debug SLE Real Time 12 SP4 4.12.14-8.12.1
  • kernel-source-rt SLE Real Time 12 SP4 4.12.14-8.12.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2020:0613-1SUSE-SU-2020:0599-1SUSE-SU-2020:0584-1SUSE-SU-2020:0560-1SUSE-SU-2020:0511-1SUSE-SU-2020:0093-1

  • kernel-syms openSUSE Leap 15.1 4.12.14-lp151.28.40.1
  • kernel-obs-qa openSUSE Leap 15.1 4.12.14-lp151.28.40.1
  • kernel-source openSUSE Leap 15.1 4.12.14-lp151.28.40.1
  • kernel-default openSUSE Leap 15.1 4.12.14-lp151.28.40.1
  • kernel-vanilla openSUSE Leap 15.1 4.12.14-lp151.28.40.1
  • kernel-kvmsmall openSUSE Leap 15.1 4.12.14-lp151.28.40.1
  • kernel-obs-build openSUSE Leap 15.1 4.12.14-lp151.28.40.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2020:0336-1

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red hat product security vex CVE-2019-19526 updated cvss 4.6

kernel: use-after-free bug caused by a malicious USB device in the drivers/nfc/pn533/usb.c driver

  • 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

0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 37% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 4.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.9 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

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