What is CVE-2019-13648?

CVE-2019-13648 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10. CVE-2019-13648 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2019-13648?

CVE-2019-13648 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2019-13648?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2019-13648 patch availability.

Is CVE-2019-13648 actively exploited?

CVE-2019-13648 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2019-13648

Medium

In the Linux kernel through 5.2.1 on the powerpc platform, when hardware transactional memory is disabled, a local user can cause a denial of service (TM Bad Thing exception and system crash) via a sigreturn() system call that sends a crafted signal frame. This affects arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c and arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2019-07-19

Last modified 2024-11-21

CVSS version 3.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.0 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness type

CWE-399

CVE-2019-13648 is classified as CWE-399

See CWE-399 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

17 total

Patchwork
https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/1133904/

Patch Third Party Advisory
Lists
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00055.html
Lists
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00056.html
Packet Storm
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154059/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html
Openwall
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/07/30/1

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2019-13648

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.0

Published 2019-07-19

Modified 2024-11-21

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-13648?

CVE-2019-13648 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . CVE-2019-13648 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2019-13648?

CVE-2019-13648 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.0). The vector string is CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2019-13648?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2019-13648 patch availability.
Is CVE-2019-13648 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2019-13648 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.