# CVE-2019-15291: CVE-2019-15291

Status: published. Published: 2019-08-20. Updated: 2026-11-02.

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.

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

- n/a / n/a: Version not specified (affected). Source: CNA: mitre

## Severity and prioritization

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: 0.67% as of 2026-11-02; percentile 52.03%

- SSVC: exploitation none; automatable no; technical impact partial; source ADP: CISA-ADP

- Weaknesses: Not reported

## Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

## References

- https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=c0203bd72037d07493f4b7562411e4f5f4553a8f (CNA: mitre; x_refsource_MISC)

- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/20/2 (CNA: mitre; mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)

- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/22/1 (CNA: mitre; mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)

- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190905-0002/ (CNA: mitre; x_refsource_CONFIRM)

- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00037.html (CNA: mitre; vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)

- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00036.html (CNA: mitre; vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)

- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/10 (CNA: mitre; mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)

- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155890/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html (CNA: mitre; x_refsource_MISC)

- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00013.html (CNA: mitre; mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)

- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4254-1/ (CNA: mitre; vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU)

- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4254-2/ (CNA: mitre; vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU)

- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4258-1/ (CNA: mitre; vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU)

- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4287-1/ (CNA: mitre; vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU)

- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4287-2/ (CNA: mitre; vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU)

- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html (CNA: mitre; mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)

- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4284-1/ (CNA: mitre; vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU)

- https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=c0203bd72037d07493f4b7562411e4f5f4553a8f (ADP: CVE; x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred)

- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/20/2 (ADP: CVE; mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred)

- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/22/1 (ADP: CVE; mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred)

- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190905-0002/ (ADP: CVE; x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred)

- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00037.html (ADP: CVE; vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, x_transferred)

- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00036.html (ADP: CVE; vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, x_transferred)

- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/10 (ADP: CVE; mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred)

- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155890/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html (ADP: CVE; x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred)

- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00013.html (ADP: CVE; mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred)

- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4254-1/ (ADP: CVE; vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred)

- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4254-2/ (ADP: CVE; vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred)

- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4258-1/ (ADP: CVE; vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred)

- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4287-1/ (ADP: CVE; vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred)

- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4287-2/ (ADP: CVE; vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred)

- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html (ADP: CVE; mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred)

- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4284-1/ (ADP: CVE; vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred)

## Provenance

- CNA: mitre: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-15291; retrieved 2026-11-02; source updated 2026-11-02

- FIRST EPSS: https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-15291; retrieved 2026-11-02; source updated Not reported

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