CVE-2019-19579
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.12.x allowing attackers to gain host OS privileges via DMA in a situation where an untrusted domain has access to a physical device (and assignable-add is not
02 Description
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.12.x allowing attackers to gain host OS privileges via DMA in a situation where an untrusted domain has access to a physical device (and assignable-add is not
03 Exploitation and scoring
- 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
- 0.45% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 38.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/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
- 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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2019-12-04 21:03Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 02:16Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-12-04
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 095ca4b833528b9c6f862176f9f6191e00e97a33f5d70a930401e9e790edac82
05 Affected products
06 References
- xenbits.xen.orghttp://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-306.html
- xenbits.xen.orghttps://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-306.html
- www.openwall.comhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/11/26/2
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20191205 Xen Security Advisory 306 v3 (CVE-2019-19579) - Device quarantine for alternate pci assignment methodshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/05/7
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-3d7105bd2ahttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RJYT5FNGM7JSVHHW6B22TSAATBOAPFPD/
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:0011http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00011.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-4602https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4602
- seclists.org20200114 [SECURITY] [DSA 4602-1] xen security updatehttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/21
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- xen Fixed in 4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- xen Fixed in 4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- xen Fixed in 4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- xen No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- xen No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.