CVEvulnerability
CVE-2019-3819
4.4 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2019-01-25
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 4.4 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 4.2 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-835
Description
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel in the function hid_debug_events_read() in drivers/hid/hid-debug.c file which may enter an infinite loop with certain parameters passed from a userspace. A local privileged user ("root") can cause a system lock up and a denial of service. Versions from v4.18 and newer are vulnerable.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.18)
• debian debian linux 8.0
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 16.04
• opensuse leap 15.0
• canonical ubuntu linux 18.04
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition weakness
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00052.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106730 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3819 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00034.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00004.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00002.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3932-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3932-2/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4115-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/ Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00052.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106730 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3819 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00034.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00004.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00002.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3932-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3932-2/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4115-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/ Third Party Advisory