CVE-2019-8980
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-8980
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-8980.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2019-8980
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2019-02-21T05:29:01Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T20:01:27Z
- Severity
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- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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A memory leak in the kernelreadfile 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.
- References
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00052.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107120
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00002.html
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K56480726
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3930-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3930-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3931-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3931-2/
- https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel%40vger.kernel.org/msg1935698.html
- https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel%40vger.kernel.org/msg1935705.html