CVE-2019-13449

Public Exploit

Description

In the Zoom Client before 4.4.2 on macOS, remote attackers can cause a denial of service (continual focus grabs) via a sequence of invalid launch?action=join&confno= requests to localhost port 19421.

Category

6.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.01% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory zoom.us Vendor Advisory zoom.us
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://medium.com/%40jonathan.leitschuh/zoom-zero-day-4-million-webcams-maybe-an-rce-just-get-them-to-visit-your-website-ac75c83f4ef5
https://assets.zoom.us/docs/pdf/Zoom+Response+Video-On+Vulnerability.pdf vendor advisory
https://blog.zoom.us/wordpress/2019/07/08/response-to-video-on-concern/ vendor advisory
https://twitter.com/zoom_us/status/1148710712241295361 third party advisory
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=951540 third party advisory exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-13449?
CVE-2019-13449 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-13449?
To fix CVE-2019-13449, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2019-13449 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2019-13449 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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