VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2019-19062

CVSS score4.7 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.63%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-11-18
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

A memory leak in the crypto_report() function in crypto/crypto_user_base.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering crypto_report_alg() failures, aka CID-ffdde5932042.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-401: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

Primary references