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CVE-2019-9453 json

In the Android kernel in F2FS touch driver there is a possible out of bounds read due to improper input validation.

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-18827

cvss
4.4
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 7%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In the Android kernel in F2FS touch driver there is a possible out of bounds read due to improper input validation. This could lead to local information disclosure with system execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Patch / fix

  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 5.2.6-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-9453

  • linux Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-190.220
  • linux Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-60.67
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1114.127
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-1047.49
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.15.0-1041.43
  • linux-hwe Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.15.0-60.67~16.04.1
  • linux-hwe Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 5.0.0-31.33~18.04.1
  • linux-kvm Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1080.87

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-9453

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

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red hat product security vex CVE-2019-9453 updated cvss 4.4

kernel: out of bounds read in F2FS touch driver leads to local information disclosure

  • 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

0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 4.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • n/a Android

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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