CVE-2019-3887: The Linux Foundation Kernel

Incorrect authorization in The Linux Foundation Kernel

CVSS 6.7 MediumEPSS 0.0036 · 29th percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: redhat) at 9 Apr 2019, 00:00 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
The Linux Foundation	Kernel	affected from 4.16

Identifiers

CVE-2019-3887

CNA

redhat

Weakness (CWE)

CWE-863

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
6.7	Medium	3.0	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H	CNA (redhat)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0036, the 29th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 9 Apr 2019. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

www.securityfocus.com/bid/107850 vdb-entry
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IWPOIII2L73HV5PGXSGMRMKQIK47UIYE/ vendor-advisory
usn.ubuntu.com/3980-1/ vendor-advisory
usn.ubuntu.com/3979-1/ vendor-advisory
usn.ubuntu.com/3980-2/ vendor-advisory
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2703 vendor-advisory
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2741 vendor-advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3887

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.