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Fencer Vulns
high 7.8

CVE-2019-2024 json

In em28xx_unregister_dvb of em28xx-dvb.c, there is a possible use after free issue.

published 2019-06-19 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-11666

cvss
7.8
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 12%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In em28xx_unregister_dvb of em28xx-dvb.c, there is a possible use after free issue. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android kernelAndroid ID: A-111761954References: Upstream kernel

Patch / fix

  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.16.5-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-2024

  • linux Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-142.168
  • linux Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-58.64
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 4.4.0-1038.41
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1075.85
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-1047.49
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.15.0-1040.42~16.04.1
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-1040.42
  • linux-hwe Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.15.0-58.64~16.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-2024

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

  • kernel-azure SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES 12 SP3 4.4.176-4.25.1
  • kernel-syms-azure SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES 12 SP3 4.4.176-4.25.1
  • kernel-source-azure SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES 12 SP3 4.4.176-4.25.1
  • kernel-syms SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES 12 SP2-LTSS, SLES 12 SP2-BCL +2 more 4.4.121-92.104.1
  • kernel-source SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES 12 SP2-LTSS, SLES 12 SP2-BCL +2 more 4.4.121-92.104.1
  • kernel-default SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES 12 SP2-LTSS, SLES 12 SP2-BCL +3 more 4.4.121-92.104.1
  • kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_28 SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES 12 SP2-LTSS, OpenStack Cloud 7 +1 more 1-3.3.1
  • kernel-syms SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES 12 SP3, SLED 12 SP3 4.4.176-94.88.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2019:0901-1SUSE-SU-2019:0828-1SUSE-SU-2019:0801-1SUSE-SU-2019:0785-1SUSE-SU-2019:0784-1SUSE-SU-2019:0767-1

  • kernel-syms openSUSE Leap 15.0 4.12.14-lp150.12.58.1
  • kernel-obs-qa openSUSE Leap 15.0 4.12.14-lp150.12.58.1
  • kernel-source openSUSE Leap 15.0 4.12.14-lp150.12.58.1
  • kernel-default openSUSE Leap 15.0 4.12.14-lp150.12.58.1
  • kernel-vanilla openSUSE Leap 15.0 4.12.14-lp150.12.58.1
  • kernel-kvmsmall openSUSE Leap 15.0 4.12.14-lp150.12.58.1
  • kernel-obs-build openSUSE Leap 15.0 4.12.14-lp150.12.58.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2019:1193-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2019-2024 updated cvss 4.7

kernel: media: em28xx: Use-after-free in em28xx/em28xx-dvb.c when disconnecting

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, kernel-alt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-tools, +3 more
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-rt-kvm, kernel-rt-trace, kernel-rt-debug-kvm, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 kernel-rt, mrg-rt-release, kernel-rt-trace, kernel-rt-vanilla, kernel-rt-firmware
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • n/a Android

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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