Linux Kernel CVE Statistics

41 Linux Kernel CVEs in December 2019

Full month · Source: NIST NVD

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In December 2019, 41 Linux kernel CVEs were published, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 1 was rated Critical, 10 were rated High severity and 28 Medium. No CVEs from this month have been confirmed as actively exploited via the CISA KEV catalog. December's 41 CVEs represent 13% of all 2019 Linux kernel CVEs , down from November's 80 (a 49% month-over-month decrease) .

41
Total CVEs
1
Critical
10
High
28
Medium
2
Low
0
KEV Exploited
All CVEs — December 2019 41 CVEs
All (41) Critical (1) High (10) Medium (28) Low (2)
CVE ID Package Severity CVSS Published Description
CVE-2019-10557 linux Critical 9.8 2019-12-18 Out-of-bound read in the wireless driver in the Linux kernel due to lack of check of buffer length. in Snapdragon Auto,…
CVE-2019-19770 linux High 8.2 2019-12-12 In the Linux kernel 4.19.83, there is a use-after-free (read) in the debugfs_remove function in fs/debugfs/inode.c (whi…
CVE-2019-19816 linux High 7.8 2019-12-17 In the Linux kernel 5.0.21, mounting a crafted btrfs filesystem image and performing some operations can cause slab-out…
CVE-2019-19814 linux High 7.8 2019-12-17 In the Linux kernel 5.0.21, mounting a crafted f2fs filesystem image can cause __remove_dirty_segment slab-out-of-bound…
CVE-2019-19241 linux High 7.8 2019-12-17 In the Linux kernel before 5.4.2, the io_uring feature leads to requests that inadvertently have UID 0 and full capabil…
CVE-2019-19807 linux High 7.8 2019-12-15 In the Linux kernel before 5.3.11, sound/core/timer.c has a use-after-free caused by erroneous code refactoring, aka CI…
CVE-2019-19449 linux High 7.8 2019-12-08 In the Linux kernel 5.0.21, mounting a crafted f2fs filesystem image can lead to slab-out-of-bounds read access in f2fs…
CVE-2019-19447 linux High 7.8 2019-12-08 In the Linux kernel 5.0.21, mounting a crafted ext4 filesystem image, performing some operations, and unmounting can le…
CVE-2019-19448 linux High 7.8 2019-12-08 In the Linux kernel 5.0.21 and 5.3.11, mounting a crafted btrfs filesystem image, performing some operations, and then …
CVE-2019-19543 linux High 7.8 2019-12-03 In the Linux kernel before 5.1.6, there is a use-after-free in serial_ir_init_module() in drivers/media/rc/serial_ir.c.
CVE-2019-19768 linux High 7.5 2019-12-12 In the Linux kernel 5.4.0-rc2, there is a use-after-free (read) in the __blk_add_trace function in kernel/trace/blktrac…
CVE-2019-19531 linux Medium 6.8 2019-12-03 In the Linux kernel before 5.2.9, there is a use-after-free bug that can be caused by a malicious USB device in the dri…
CVE-2019-19532 linux Medium 6.8 2019-12-03 In the Linux kernel before 5.3.9, there are multiple out-of-bounds write bugs that can be caused by a malicious USB dev…
CVE-2019-19527 linux Medium 6.8 2019-12-03 In the Linux kernel before 5.2.10, there is a use-after-free bug that can be caused by a malicious USB device in the dr…
CVE-2019-19769 linux Medium 6.7 2019-12-12 In the Linux kernel 5.3.10, there is a use-after-free (read) in the perf_trace_lock_acquire function (related to includ…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Linux kernel CVEs were published in December 2019?

41 Linux kernel CVEs were published in December 2019, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 1 was rated Critical severity, 10 High, and 28 Medium.

How does December 2019 compare to other months?

December 2019's 41 CVEs represent 13% of all 2019 Linux kernel CVEs. Compared to November's 80 CVEs, this was a 49% decrease month-over-month. View the full 2019 breakdown →

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