CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5. It affects Linux. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.
Public Exploit Signal
A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.
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CVE
CVE-2019-12819
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.5
EPSS
0.64%
Linux
Original NVD Description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0. The function __mdiobus_register() in drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c calls put_device(), which will trigger a fixed_mdio_bus_init use-after-free. This will cause a denial of service.
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