CVE-2019-1125

MEDIUMNVD 5.65.6—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This medium-severity CVE scores 5.6 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 4.5%, top 9% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory enrichment pending alignment with NVD CVSS.

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Elevated
5.6EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 5%CVSS: 5.6Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when certain central processing units (CPU) speculatively access memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could read privileged data across trust boundaries. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would have to log on to an affected system and run a specially crafted application. The vulnerability would not allow an attacker to elevate user rights directly, but it could be used to obtain information that could be used to try to compromise the affected system further. On January 3, 2018, Microsoft released an advisory and security updates related to a newly-discovered class of hardware vulnerabilities (known as Spectre) involving speculative execution side channels that affect AMD, ARM, and Intel CPUs to varying degrees. This vulnerability, released on August 6, 2019, is a variant of the Spectre Variant 1 speculative execution side channel vulnerability and has been assigned CVE-2019-1125. Microsoft released a security update on July 9, 2019 that addresses the vulnerability through a software change that mitigates how the CPU speculatively accesses memory. Note that this vulnerability does not require a microcode update from your device OEM.

CVSS v3
5.6
EG Score
5.6(medium)
EG Risk
46(Track)
EG Risk 46/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity56% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
5%
EPSS %ILE
91%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 3, 2019

Last Modified

February 20, 2026

References (34)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2019-1125(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(20)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntulinux-image-virtual-hwe-16.04 (4.15.0.58.79) @ xenial2026-05-27ubuntu
ubuntulinux-image-virtual-lts-xenial (4.4.0.159.140) @ trusty2026-05-27ubuntu
ubuntulinux-image-virtual (5.0.0.25.26) @ disco2026-05-27ubuntu
ubuntulinux-image-aws-hwe (4.15.0.1045.45) @ xenial2026-05-27ubuntu
ubuntulinux-image-virtual-lts-xenial (4.4.0.159.167) @ xenial2026-05-27ubuntu
redhatredhat-virtualization-host-0:4.2-20191022.0.el7_62019-10-30redhat
redhatkernel-0:3.10.0-957.38.1.el72019-10-29redhat
redhatredhat-virtualization-host-0:4.3.6-20190924.0.el7_72019-10-10redhat
redhatkernel-0:3.10.0-862.43.1.el72019-10-08redhat
redhatkernel-0:3.10.0-514.69.1.el72019-09-25redhat
redhatkernel-0:3.10.0-327.82.1.el72019-09-25redhat
redhatkernel-0:3.10.0-693.58.1.el72019-09-12redhat
redhatkernel-rt-1:3.10.0-693.58.1.rt56.652.el6rt2019-09-11redhat
redhatkernel-0:2.6.32-431.96.1.el62019-09-10redhat
redhatkernel-rt-0:3.10.0-1062.1.1.rt56.1024.el72019-09-04redhat
redhatkernel-0:3.10.0-1062.1.1.el72019-09-04redhat
redhatkernel-0:2.6.32-504.80.2.el62019-08-13redhat
redhatkernel-0:2.6.32-754.18.2.el62019-08-13redhat
redhatkernel-rt-0:4.18.0-80.7.2.rt9.154.el8_02019-08-07redhat
redhatkernel-0:4.18.0-80.7.2.el8_02019-08-07redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(8 across 7 ecosystems)
Debian:8(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux3.16.36-1 ... 3.16.70-1 (66 versions)3.16.72-1—
linux-4.94.9.110-1~deb8u1, 4.9.144-3.1~deb8u1, 4.9.168-1~deb8u14.9.168-1+deb9u5~deb8u1—
Debian:10(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux4.19.37-5, 4.19.37-5+deb10u1, 4.19.37-5+deb10u2~bpo9+14.19.37-5+deb10u2—
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux—5.2.7-1—
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux—5.2.7-1—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux—5.2.7-1—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux—5.2.7-1—
Debian:9(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux4.9.107-1 ... 4.9.88-1~bpo8+1 (50 versions)4.9.168-1+deb9u5—

Additional Vendor Advisories

(20)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 8× in last 7d / 27× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Publicly available exploits

(2 references)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 GitHub PoC) (1 Exploit-DB entry). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • Exploit-DBEDB-48071
    First seen Jan 27, 2020

    Microsoft Windows Kernel - Information Disclosure

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCbitdefender/swapgs-attack-poc
    First seen Jan 27, 2020

    This repository contains the sources and documentation for the SWAPGS attack PoC (CVE-2019-1125)

    Open source ↗

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2019-1125?
CVE-2019-1125 is a medium vulnerability published on September 3, 2019. An information disclosure vulnerability exists when certain central processing units (CPU) speculatively access memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could read privileged data across trust boundaries. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would have to log on to an…
When was CVE-2019-1125 disclosed?
CVE-2019-1125 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 3, 2019, with the most recent update on February 20, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2019-1125 actively exploited?
CVE-2019-1125 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 9.2% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2019-1125?
CVE-2019-1125 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.6 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2019-1125?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2019-1125, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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