Linux Kernel CVE Statistics

7 Linux Kernel CVEs in January 2019

Full month · Source: NIST NVD

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In January 2019, 7 Linux kernel CVEs were published, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 2 were rated High severity and 5 Medium. No CVEs from this month have been confirmed as actively exploited via the CISA KEV catalog. January's 7 CVEs represent 2% of all 2019 Linux kernel CVEs , down from December's 22 (a 68% month-over-month decrease) .

7
Total CVEs
0
Critical
2
High
5
Medium
0
Low
0
KEV Exploited
All CVEs — January 2019 7 CVEs
All (7) Critical (0) High (2) Medium (5) Low (0)
CVE ID Package Severity CVSS Published Description
CVE-2018-16882 linux High 8.8 2019-01-03 A use-after-free issue was found in the way the Linux kernel's KVM hypervisor processed posted interrupts when nested(=…
CVE-2018-16880 linux High 7.0 2019-01-29 A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's handle_rx() function in the [vhost_net] driver. A malicious virtual guest, under…
CVE-2017-18360 linux Medium 5.5 2019-01-31 In change_port_settings in drivers/usb/serial/io_ti.c in the Linux kernel before 4.11.3, local users could cause a deni…
CVE-2019-5489 linux Medium 5.5 2019-01-07 The mincore() implementation in mm/mincore.c in the Linux kernel through 4.19.13 allowed local attackers to observe pag…
CVE-2018-16885 linux Medium 5.5 2019-01-03 A flaw was found in the Linux kernel that allows the userspace to call memcpy_fromiovecend() and similar functions with…
CVE-2019-3819 linux Medium 4.4 2019-01-25 A flaw was found in the Linux kernel in the function hid_debug_events_read() in drivers/hid/hid-debug.c file which may …
CVE-2019-3701 linux Medium 4.4 2019-01-03 An issue was discovered in can_can_gw_rcv in net/can/gw.c in the Linux kernel through 4.19.13. The CAN frame modificati…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Linux kernel CVEs were published in January 2019?

7 Linux kernel CVEs were published in January 2019, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 0 were rated Critical severity, 2 High, and 5 Medium.

How does January 2019 compare to other months?

January 2019's 7 CVEs represent 2% of all 2019 Linux kernel CVEs. Compared to December's 22 CVEs, this was a 68% decrease month-over-month. View the full 2019 breakdown →

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