CVE-2019-19048
High
CVE-2019-19048
A memory leak in the crypto_reportstat() function in drivers/virt/vboxguest/vboxguest_utils.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering copy_form_user() failures, aka CID-e0b0cb938864.
Exploit probability
3.8%
Published
November 18, 2019
Required by
Not available
Last source change
March 15, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
04 / EVIDENCE
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Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2019-19048
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A memory leak in the crypto_reportstat() function in drivers/virt/vboxguest/vboxguest_utils.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering copy_form_user() failures, aka CID-e0b0cb938864.
05 / REFERENCES