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Fencer Vulns
high 7.8

CVE-2019-2054 json

In the seccomp implementation prior to kernel version 4.8, there is a possible seccomp bypass due to seccomp policies that allow the use of…

published 2019-05-08 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-11696

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 52%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In the seccomp implementation prior to kernel version 4.8, there is a possible seccomp bypass due to seccomp policies that allow the use of ptrace. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Product: Android Versions: Android kernel Android ID: A-119769499

Patch / fix

  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.8.5-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-2054

  • linux Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-157.185
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1090.101
  • linux-kvm Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1052.59
  • linux-raspi2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1117.126
  • linux-snapdragon Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1121.127
  • linux-snapdragon Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-1053.57
  • linux-aws Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 4.4.0-1054.58
  • linux-fips Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1015.20

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-2054

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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-2019-2054 updated cvss 8.4

kernel: seccompass mechanism bypass

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-alt, python-perf, +9 more
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 kernel-rt, mrg-rt-release, kernel-rt-trace, kernel-rt-vanilla, kernel-rt-firmware
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-core, kernel-tools, python3-perf, +17 more
    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

0.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 52% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • n/a Android

References

Sources

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