CVE-2019-15538

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

3.92% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 89.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

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

Red Hat severity

Moderate. 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

2019-08-25 15:25Z7 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 00:49Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2019-08-25

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

342e97668c6fdb9eb9f5d54e14841416974175efb86ee4edf8a9a33e5882f946

• lore.kernel.orghttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-xfs/20190823035528.GH1037422%40magnolia/x_refsource_MISC
• lore.kernel.orghttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-xfs/20190823192433.GA8736%40eldamar.localx_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1fb254aa983bf190cfd685d40c64a480a9bafaeex_refsource_MISC
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1fb254aa983bf190cfd685d40c64a480a9bafaeex_refsource_MISC
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-4c91a2f76ehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T4JZ6AEUKFWBHQAROGMQARJ274PQP2QP/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-97380355aehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/O3RUDQJXRJQVGHCGR4YZWTQ3ECBI7TXH/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20190914 [SECURITY] [DLA 1919-1] linux-4.9 security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00014.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20190915 [SECURITY] [DLA 1919-2] linux-4.9 security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00015.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:2173http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:2181http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4144-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4144-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4147-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4147-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• support.f5.comhttps://support.f5.com/csp/article/K32592426?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSSx_refsource_CONFIRM