What is CVE-2019-14835?

CVE-2019-14835 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10. CVE-2019-14835 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2019-14835?

CVE-2019-14835 has a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, rated High severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2019-14835?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2019-14835 patch availability.

Is CVE-2019-14835 actively exploited?

CVE-2019-14835 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2019-14835

High

A buffer overflow flaw was found, in versions from 2.6.34 to 5.2.x, in the way Linux kernel's vhost functionality that translates virtqueue buffers to IOVs, logged the buffer descriptors during migration. A privileged guest user able to pass descriptors with invalid length to the host when migration is underway, could use this flaw to increase their privileges on the host.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2019-09-17

Last modified 2024-11-21

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.1 score

7.8

out of 10

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness type

CWE-120

CVE-2019-14835 is classified as CWE-120

See CWE-120 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

40 total

Openwall
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/17/1

Exploit Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14835

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
Lists
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html

Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Lists
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.html

Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Packet Storm
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154572/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0056-1.html

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2019-14835

Severity High

CVSS score 7.8 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2019-09-17

Modified 2024-11-21

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-14835?

CVE-2019-14835 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10 . CVE-2019-14835 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2019-14835?

CVE-2019-14835 has a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, rated High severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2019-14835?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2019-14835 patch availability.
Is CVE-2019-14835 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2019-14835 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.