CVE-2019-14835

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.62% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 49.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2019-09-17 15:09Z7 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 00:26Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2019-08-10

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.2)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

db6d29f1b315e58f789fac9b1cea7e325bdca727546df7be26e15ec6f3c70c89

• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14835x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.comhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/17/1x_refsource_MISC
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4135-2https://usn.ubuntu.com/4135-2/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-e3010166bdhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KQFY6JYFIQ2VFQ7QCSXPWTUL5ZDNCJL5/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:2827https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2827vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:2828https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2828vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:2830https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2830vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:2829https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2829vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:2854https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2854vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:2862https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2862vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:2863https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2863vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:2866https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2866vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:2864https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2864vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:2865https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2865vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:2867https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2867vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:2869https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2869vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154572/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0056-1.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20190924 Re: CVE-2019-14835: QEMU-KVM Guest to Host Kernel Escape Vulnerability: vhost/vhost_net kernel buffer overflowhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/24/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:2173http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:2889https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2889vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:2181http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20190925 [SECURITY] [DLA 1930-1] linux security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00025.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• seclists.org20190925 [SECURITY] [DSA 4531-1] linux security updatehttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/41mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• www.debian.orgDSA-4531https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4531vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:2900https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2900vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:2901https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2901vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:2899https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2899vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:2924https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2924vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4135-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4135-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20191001 [SECURITY] [DLA 1940-1] linux-4.9 security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00000.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-a570a92d5ahttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YW3QNMPENPFEGVTOFPSNOBL7JEIJS25P/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20191003 Re: CVE-2019-14835: QEMU-KVM Guest to Host Kernel Escape Vulnerability: vhost/vhost_net kernel buffer overflowhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/03/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20191009 Re: CVE-2019-14835: QEMU-KVM Guest to Host Kernel Escape Vulnerability: vhost/vhost_net kernel buffer overflowhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/09/3mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20191009 Re: CVE-2019-14835: QEMU-KVM Guest to Host Kernel Escape Vulnerability: vhost/vhost_net kernel buffer overflowhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/09/7mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• access.redhat.comRHBA-2019:2824https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:2824vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154951/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0058-1.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191031-0005/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• seclists.org20191108 [slackware-security] Slackware 14.2 kernel (SSA:2019-311-01)https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/11mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155212/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.huawei.comhttp://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20200115-01-qemu-enx_refsource_CONFIRM