CVE-2019-5010 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Debian Debian Linux

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the sources call it.

CISA SSVC assessment CISA

Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses (SSVC 2.0.3). A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.

Remediation

Fixes and mitigations documented by the sources — linked to the original advisory.

No fix documented by the sources we poll. That does not mean none exists: check the vendor advisory.

First 24 hours

Ordered from the record’s own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found. A rule-generated starting point.

1. Identify exposed assets running the affected vendor/product/version combinations (Debian Debian Linux, Opensuse Leap, Python Python…).
2. The attack is network-based and needs no privileges: restrict exposure (ACLs, VPN, WAF) until patched.
3. No fix documented in the sources: reduce exposure and monitor the vendor advisory.
4. EPSS ahead of 98% of scored CVEs: prioritize it in the patch queue.
5. Search available logs for exploit probes matching the vulnerability class (memory corruption), errors and authentication anomalies.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and versions as the sources word them.

Attack characteristics

The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and may disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

Weakness MITRE

Weakness class according to MITRE’s CWE catalog.

CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference

Other CVEs with this weakness →

EPSS over time FIRST

Oct 13, 2026 → Oct 14, 2026 · 2 reading(s) · max 20.74%

Detection

Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not tested rules.

• Prioritize edge telemetry for the network-reachable component (proxy, WAF, IDS/IPS).
• Correlate service crashes/restarts with inbound traffic; repeated crashes may indicate attempts.

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first.

• 2026
• SSVC assessment updated
  Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
• Record published
  Oct 13, 2026
• CVSS changed · 7.5
  Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• Source status changed · → Modified
  Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• Record created in this database
  Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• 2019
• CVE published
  Oct 31, 2019 · talos

Source activity

Repeated readings are counted rather than listed.

• 1× Official description updated · Oct 13, 2026 – Oct 13, 2026

References

8 on the record

• security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-26
  Third Party Advisory, vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00040.html
  Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0758
  Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1b103833cb5bc8466e24ff0ecc5e75b45a705334ab6a444e64e840a0
  mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3725
  Third Party Advisory, vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00034.html
  Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3520
  Third Party Advisory, vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00011.html
  Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, NIST National Vulnerability Database

Elsewhere on this site

Related CVEs (same products)

• Medium CVE-2026-104045 Sssd: sssd: denial of service via race condition in autofs responder 9d
• Medium CVE-2026-104046 Sssd: sssd: denial of service via incomplete identity provider authentication requests 9d
• Medium CVE-2026-104047 Sssd: sssd: information disclosure via query injection in entra id lookups 9d
• High CVE-2026-104048 Sssd: sssd: authorization bypass via cross-domain username collision in hbac evaluation 9d
• High CVE-2026-102558 Libsoup: libsoup: heap buffer overflow during websocket receive-buffer growth 16d
• High CVE-2026-102555 Libsoup: libsoup: heap buffer overflow via uninitialized length in data-uri base64 decoding 16d

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

• No fixed version, patch or mitigation documented.
• No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
• No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
• No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.

Answered from this record

Text assembled only from the fields above — no additional claims.

What should defenders know first?

CVE-2019-5010 is "NULL Pointer Dereference in Debian Debian Linux", rated High. It affects Debian Linux (Debian); versions are in the scope table. It is not in CISA KEV, which does not rule out exploitation. CVSS 7.5 describes technical severity. EPSS 20.74% estimates the probability of exploitation in 30 days; neither replaces your asset context. First verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run the affected versions, apply vendor fixes or mitigations, and preserve logs for review.

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