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CVE-2019-15920

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 1.77% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2019-09-04 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.3. It affects Linux. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links

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CVE
CVE-2019-15920
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.3
EPSS
1.77%
Linux

Original NVD Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0.10. SMB2_read in fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c has a use-after-free. NOTE: this was not fixed correctly in 5.0.10; see the 5.0.11 ChangeLog, which documents a memory leak.

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