CVE-2019-8980Not scoredCWE-401

CVE-2019-8980

Vendor not named in the CVE record

Vendor fix available · Exploitation: possible (1 to 10%)

Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.

5.9%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

93rd percentile

050100

Higher than 93% of scored CVEs

Not scored yet. The CVE record carries no CVSS score.

DescriptionCVE.org

A memory leak in the kernel_read_file function in fs/exec.c in the Linux kernel through 4.20.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering vfs_read failures.

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Exploitation: Possible (1 to 10%). EPSS between 1% and 10%.
CISA KEV: Not listed
Public check: No public nuclei template
Weakness: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime · Denial of Service
Published: February 2019
Band: Possible (1 to 10%), February 2019

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