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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.5

CVE-2019-2001 json

The permissions on /proc/iomem were world-readable.

published 2019-02-28 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-11643

cvss
5.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 7%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The permissions on /proc/iomem were world-readable. This could lead to local information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Product: Android. Versions: Android kernel. Android ID: A-117422211.

Patch / fix

  • linux Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 3.13.0-125.174
  • linux Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-87.110
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1026.35
  • linux-raspi2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1065.73
  • linux-lts-xenial Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 4.4.0-87.110~14.04.1
  • linux-snapdragon Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1067.72

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-2001

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Exploit prediction

0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Android Android

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.