mesa: security bypass in 3D library graphics
Published Nov 5, 2019
4.4
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.48%
Description
An exploitable shared memory permissions vulnerability exists in the functionality of X11 Mesa 3D Graphics Library 19.1.2. An attacker can access the shared memory without any specific permissions to trigger this vulnerability.
Affected products
- Vendor n/a Product Mesa 3D X11 Graphics library Defaultn/a
- Version 19.1.2StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | Mesa 3D X11 Graphics library | n/a |
|
Configuration 3
- 8.0
Configuration 4
- 18.04
- 19.10
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
mesa
Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
mesa
Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
mesa
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
mesa
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | mesa | Out of support scope | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | mesa | Out of support scope | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | mesa | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | mesa | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 0.48% (0.00484) | 39.48th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.50% (0.00504) | 38.89th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.05% (0.00047) | 11.55th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.08% (0.00076) | 34.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 13, 2024 | 0.05% (0.00053) | 21.32th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.05% (0.00053) | 19.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 41.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.01% (0.02008) | 56.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 6.21% (0.06208) | 81.93th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 6.21% (0.06208) | 81.75th | v1 |
| Jan 5, 2022 | 1.45% (0.01454) | 72.86th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.45% (0.01454) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (11)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00037.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-5068 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1770095 Issue Tracking
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/commit/02c3dad0f3b4d26e0faa5cc51d06bc50d693dcdc x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00013.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.freedesktop.org/pipermail/mesa-dev/2019-October/223704.html x_refsource_MISCMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5068
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0857 x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4271-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-5068
- https://www.mesa3d.org/relnotes/19.1.8.html
Change history (0)
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