CVE-2019-15216

Exp

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0.14. There is a NULL pointer dereference caused by a malicious USB device in the drivers/usb/misc/yurex.c driver.

Published: 2019-08-19 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2019-15216 is rated Exploit Available (50.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.69%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2019-15216

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-15216

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.05% 0.69% +0.64%
2 2026-01-07 0.04% 0.05% +0.01%
3 2025-11-21 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-15216

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.6 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:P)
Hands-on access—USB, keyboard, opening the case—not something you do purely over the wire.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 0.9 3.6 [email protected]
4.9 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.9 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-15216

OS Trackers for CVE-2019-15216

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2019-15216 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-15216
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-15216
suse medium CVE-2019-15216 severity moderate: SUSE including 293 source package names (cluster-md-kmp-default-4.12.14-120.1, cluster-md-kmp-default-4.12.14-150.35.1, …), 579 product×package rows across 70 product lines (HPE Helion OpenStack 8, SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0, … (70 product lines)): Fixed 548, Known Not Affected 31. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-15216/
ubuntu negligible CVE-2019-15216 negligible priority: Ubuntu including 108 source packages (linux, linux-aws, …), 1088 status rows across 12 suites (bionic, disco, eoan, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 763, not-affected 165, released 148, ignored 12. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-15216

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-15216

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
linux linux_kernel < 5.0.14 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp h410c_firmware — cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h410c_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp active_iq_unified_manager — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*
netapp data_availability_services — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:data_availability_services:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp solidfire_\&_hci_management_node — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:solidfire_\&_hci_management_node:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp solidfire_baseboard_management_controller — cpe:2.3:h:netapp:solidfire_baseboard_management_controller:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 16.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 18.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 19.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse leap 15.0 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse leap 15.1 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2019-15216

URL Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/20/2 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/22/2 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/22/3 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/22/4 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/22/5 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.14 Release Notes
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ef61eb43ada6c1d6b94668f0f514e4c268093ff3 Patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00014.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00015.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190905-0002/ Third Party Advisory
https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=f0b1f2952022c75394c0eef2afeb17af90f9227e Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4115-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/ Third Party Advisory
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