CVE-2019-15291
mediumAn issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.2.9.
Vendor / product: Linux — linux kernel
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.2.9. There is a NULL pointer dereference caused by a malicious USB device in the flexcop_usb_probe function in the drivers/media/usb/b2c2/flexcop-usb.c driver.
CVSS
4.6
4.6 (CVSS v3.0)
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.0 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2019-08-20 14:15
Modified: 2026-11-02 18:18
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 1 day ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-03 07:33 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
linux / linux_kernel ≤5.2.9
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00036.html cve@mitre.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00037.html cve@mitre.org
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155890/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-ker... cve@mitre.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/20/2 cve@mitre.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/22/1 cve@mitre.org
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00013.html cve@mitre.org
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html cve@mitre.org
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/10 cve@mitre.org
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190905-0002/ cve@mitre.org
- https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=c0203bd72037d07493f4b7562411e4f5f4553a8f cve@mitre.org
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4254-1/ cve@mitre.org
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4254-2/ cve@mitre.org
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4258-1/ cve@mitre.org
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4284-1/ cve@mitre.org
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4287-1/ cve@mitre.org
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4287-2/ cve@mitre.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00036.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00037.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155890/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-ker... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/20/2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/22/1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00013.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190905-0002/ af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-03 07:33 UTC · record ↗