Vulnerability in Broadcom Brocade_fabric_operating_system_firmware

CVE-2019-19054

A memory leak in the cx23888_ir_probe() function in drivers/media/pci/cx23885/cx23888-ir.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering kfifo_alloc() failures, aka CID-…

EPSS: 0.004 (35.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-19054?
CVE-2019-19054 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Broadcom Brocade_fabric_operating_system_firmware, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2019-11-18.
How severe is CVE-2019-19054?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-19054 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.