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CVE-2019-11478

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  • Published2019-06-19
  • WeaknessCWE-400 · CWE-770

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Description

Jonathan Looney discovered that the TCP retransmission queue implementation in tcp_fragment in the Linux kernel could be fragmented when handling certain TCP Selective Acknowledgment (SACK) sequences. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. This has been fixed in stable kernel releases 4.4.182, 4.9.182, 4.14.127, 4.19.52, 5.1.11, and is fixed in commit f070ef2ac66716357066b683fb0baf55f8191a2e.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2019-06-1900:15CVE publishedNVD
  2. 2026-10-2319:23EPSS crossed 10 %FIRST EPSS

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 18:48 UTC
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Versions per branch

NVD
Canonical ubuntu linux
BranchAffectedFixed in
12.4= 12.04no fix published
14.4= 14.04no fix published
16.4= 16.04no fix published
18.4= 18.04no fix published
18.10= 18.10no fix published
19.4= 19.04no fix published
F5 big-ip access policy manager
BranchAffectedFixed in
11.x≥ 11.5.2, ≤ 11.6.4no fix published
12.1≥ 12.1.0, ≤ 12.1.4no fix published
13.1≥ 13.1.0, ≤ 13.1.1no fix published
14.x≥ 14.0.0, ≤ 14.1.0no fix published
15.0= 15.0.0no fix published
F5 big-ip advanced firewall manager
BranchAffectedFixed in
11.x≥ 11.5.2, ≤ 11.6.4no fix published
12.1≥ 12.1.0, ≤ 12.1.4no fix published
13.1≥ 13.1.0, ≤ 13.1.1no fix published
14.x≥ 14.0.0, ≤ 14.1.0no fix published
15.0= 15.0.0no fix published

21 more products in the sources.

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
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ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub

Sources

  • CNACVSS 3.05.3read 2026-10-23
  • NVDCVSS 3.07.5read 2026-10-23
  • NVDCVSS 2.05read 2026-10-23
  • CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-770read 2026-10-23
  • NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-400read 2026-10-23
  • FIRST EPSSEPSS score94.7 %read 2026-10-23

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published
2019-06-19
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-11478?

Jonathan Looney discovered that the TCP retransmission queue implementation in tcp_fragment in the Linux kernel could be fragmented when handling certain TCP Selective Acknowledgment (SACK) sequences. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. This has been fixed in stable kernel releases 4.4.182, 4.9.182, 4.14.127, 4.19.52, 5.1.11, and is fixed in commit f070ef2ac66716357066b683fb0baf55f8191a2e.

Is CVE-2019-11478 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2019-11478 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 94.7% on 2026-10-22, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2019-11478?

CVE-2019-11478 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

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