What is CVE-2019-7222?

CVE-2019-7222 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10. CVE-2019-7222 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2019-7222?

CVE-2019-7222 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2019-7222?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2019-7222 patch availability.

Is CVE-2019-7222 actively exploited?

CVE-2019-7222 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2019-7222

Medium

The KVM implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.20.5 has an Information Leak.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2019-03-21

Last modified 2024-11-21

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.1 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Vector string

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

References

25 total

Bugs
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1759

Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=353c0956a618a07ba4bbe7ad00ff29fe70e8412a

Patch Vendor Advisory
Openwall
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/02/18/2

Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
Lists
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-02/msg00042.html

Broken Link Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Packet Storm
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/151712/KVM-kvm_inject_page_fault-Uninitialized-Memory-Leak.html

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2019-7222

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2019-03-21

Modified 2024-11-21

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-7222?

CVE-2019-7222 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . CVE-2019-7222 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2019-7222?

CVE-2019-7222 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2019-7222?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2019-7222 patch availability.
Is CVE-2019-7222 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2019-7222 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.