Linux Kernel CVE Statistics

22 Linux Kernel CVEs in July 2019

Full month · Source: NIST NVD

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In July 2019, 22 Linux kernel CVEs were published, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 5 were rated Critical, 8 were rated High severity and 8 Medium. CVE-2019-13272 was confirmed as actively exploited in the wild and added to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. July's 22 CVEs represent 7% of all 2019 Linux kernel CVEs , up from June's 12 (a 83% month-over-month increase) .

22
Total CVEs
5
Critical
8
High
8
Medium
1
Low
1
KEV Exploited

Actively Exploited CVEs — July 2019

1 CVE in CISA KEV

CVE-2019-13272 is the only Linux kernel CVE from July 2019 confirmed as actively exploited in the wild. It carries a CVSS score of 7.8 (High severity) and is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE ID Severity CVSS Published Description
CVE-2019-13272 High KEV 7.8 2019-07-17 In the Linux kernel before 5.1.17, ptrace_link in kernel/ptrace.c mishandles the recording of the c…
KEV data sourced from CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
All CVEs — July 2019 22 CVEs
All (22) Critical (5) High (8) Medium (8) Low (1)
CVE ID Package Severity CVSS Published Description
CVE-2007-6762 linux Critical 9.8 2019-07-27 In the Linux kernel before 2.6.20, there is an off-by-one bug in net/netlabel/netlabel_cipso_v4.c where it is possible …
CVE-2012-6712 linux Critical 9.8 2019-07-27 In the Linux kernel before 3.4, a buffer overflow occurs in drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-sta.c, which will caus…
CVE-2017-18379 linux Critical 9.8 2019-07-27 In the Linux kernel before 4.14, an out of boundary access happened in drivers/nvme/target/fc.c.
CVE-2016-10764 linux Critical 9.8 2019-07-27 In the Linux kernel before 4.9.6, there is an off by one in the drivers/mtd/spi-nor/cadence-quadspi.c cqspi_setup_flash…
CVE-2011-5327 linux Critical 9.8 2019-07-27 In the Linux kernel before 3.1, an off by one in the drivers/target/loopback/tcm_loop.c tcm_loop_make_naa_tpg() functio…
CVE-2019-10142 linux High 7.8 2019-07-30 A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's freescale hypervisor manager implementation, kernel versions 5.0.x up to, exclud…
CVE-2010-5331 linux High 7.8 2019-07-27 In the Linux kernel before 2.6.34, a range check issue in drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atombios.c could cause an off by one (…
CVE-2018-20856 linux High 7.8 2019-07-26 An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.18.7. In block/blk-core.c, there is an __blk_drain_queue() use-aft…
CVE-2018-20854 linux High 7.8 2019-07-26 An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.20. drivers/phy/mscc/phy-ocelot-serdes.c has an off-by-one error w…
CVE-2019-13272 linux High KEV 7.8 2019-07-17 In the Linux kernel before 5.1.17, ptrace_link in kernel/ptrace.c mishandles the recording of the credentials of a proc…
CVE-2018-16871 linux High 7.5 2019-07-30 A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's NFS implementation, all versions 3.x and all versions 4.x up to 4.20. An attacke…
CVE-2019-10639 linux High 7.5 2019-07-05 The Linux kernel 4.x (starting from 4.1) and 5.x before 5.0.8 allows Information Exposure (partial kernel address discl…
CVE-2019-13233 linux High 7.0 2019-07-04 In arch/x86/lib/insn-eval.c in the Linux kernel before 5.1.9, there is a use-after-free for access to an LDT entry beca…
CVE-2019-14283 linux Medium 6.8 2019-07-26 In the Linux kernel before 5.2.3, set_geometry in drivers/block/floppy.c does not validate the sect and head fields, as…
CVE-2019-13631 linux Medium 6.8 2019-07-17 In parse_hid_report_descriptor in drivers/input/tablet/gtco.c in the Linux kernel through 5.2.1, a malicious USB device…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Linux kernel CVEs were published in July 2019?

22 Linux kernel CVEs were published in July 2019, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 5 were rated Critical severity, 8 High, and 8 Medium.

Which Linux kernel CVEs from July 2019 are actively exploited?

1 Linux kernel CVE from July 2019 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: CVE-2019-13272 (CVSS 7.8) . This indicates confirmed active exploitation in the wild. View all actively exploited 2019 CVEs →

How does July 2019 compare to other months?

July 2019's 22 CVEs represent 7% of all 2019 Linux kernel CVEs. Compared to June's 12 CVEs, this was a 83% increase month-over-month. View the full 2019 breakdown →

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