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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2019-16714 json

In the Linux kernel before 5.2.14, rds6_inc_info_copy in net/rds/recv.c allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack…

published 2019-09-23 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-7264

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.7%
EPSS 2.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In the Linux kernel before 5.2.14, rds6_inc_info_copy in net/rds/recv.c allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory because tos and flags fields are not initialized.

Patch / fix

  • linux linux_kernel 5.2.14
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 5.2.17-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-16714

  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 5.0.0-1021.21~18.04.1
  • linux-hwe Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 5.0.0-32.34~18.04.2
  • linux-azure Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 5.0.0-1023.24~18.04.1
  • linux-gke-5.0 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 5.0.0-1023.23~18.04.2
  • linux-oem-osp1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 5.0.0-1025.28

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-16714

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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-2019-16714 updated cvss 7.5

kernel: vulnerability in rds6_inc_info_copy in net/rds/recv.c allows attackers to obtain sensitive information

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-alt, python-perf, +9 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

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Exploit prediction

2.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-909 Missing Initialization of Resource
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