01 Record
CVE-2019-5023
An exploitable vulnerability exists in the grsecurity PaX patch for the function read_kmem, in PaX from version pax-linux-4.9.8-test1 to 4.9.24-test7, grsecurity official from version
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: talos
CNA base score5.9 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
02 Description
An exploitable vulnerability exists in the grsecurity PaX patch for the function read_kmem, in PaX from version pax-linux-4.9.8-test1 to 4.9.24-test7, grsecurity official from version
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
- 0.74% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 54.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.9 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/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
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
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
- 2019-10-31 20:15Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 19:40Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-01-04
- Assigning CNA
- talos
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 5.9)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 3c1ae06e92de544d6062e2c7b57818ec2498eeae06c1e2fe222e18dfda972349
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
n/aPaXPaX pax-linux-4.9.24-test7.patch (latest version available to the public) grsecurity grsecurity-3.1-4.9.24-201704252333.patch (latest official version available to the public) v4.9.74-unofficial_grsec (latest unofficial version available to the public)—
06 References
- talosintelligence.comhttps://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0784