CVE-2019-20794

mediumpriority · track · 19EPSS 0.005 · 43 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.51% (43rd) EPSS

CVSS 4.7 · medium

Is it mine?

18 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel 4.18 through 5.6.11 when unprivileged user namespaces are allowed. A user can create their own PID namespace, and mount a FUSE filesystem. Upon interaction with this FUSE filesystem, if the userspace component is terminated via a kill of the PID namespace's pid 1, it will result in a hung task, and resources being permanently locked up until system reboot. This can result in resource exhaustion.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.04.7mediumAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.4 · impact 6.9

v3.14.7mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1 · impact 3.6

v3.15.5mediumAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.14.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-772USprimaryCWE-400USCWE-772US

affected products (18)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Amazon Linux 2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:amazon:linux_2:-
Avaya Aura Application Enablement Servicesall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:avaya:aura_application_enablement_services:-
Avaya Aura Communication Managerall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:avaya:communication_manager:-
Avaya Aura Experience Portalall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:avaya:aura_experience_portal:-
Avaya Aura Session Managerall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:avaya:session_manager:-
Avaya Aura System Managerall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:avaya:aura_system_manager:-
Avaya Web License Managerall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:avaya:web_license_manager:-
Debian Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:-
NetApp ActiveIQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphereall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:for_vmware_vsphere
Open Source Linux Kernel <=5.6.11all versionscert_bundDE
Oracle Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:oracle:linux:-
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:-
SUSE Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:suse_linux:-
Ubuntu Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:-
Open Source Linux Kernel≤ 5.6.11cert_bundDE
n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Linux4.18 → 5.6.11fstec_bduRU
linux linux kernel4.18 → 5.6.11nvdUScpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2022-1614Linux Kernel: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2020-05-10csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen im Linux Kernel ausnutzen, um einen nicht näher spezifizierten Angriff oder einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2020-05-09modified 2026-06-17

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references (15)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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