CVE-2019-14462

Description

An issue was discovered in libmodbus before 3.0.7 and 3.1.x before 3.1.5. There is an out-of-bounds read for the MODBUS_FC_WRITE_MULTIPLE_COILS case, aka VD-1302.

Category

9.1
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.92% Top 30%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory libmodbus.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://github.com/stephane/libmodbus/commit/5ccdf5ef79d742640355d1132fa9e2abc7fbaefc third party advisory patch
https://libmodbus.org/2019/stable-and-development-releases/ release notes vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HAGHQFJTJCMYHW553OUWJ3YIJR6PJHB7/ vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PRAQZXGAZY6UGWZ6CD33QEFLL7AWW233/ vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00020.html third party advisory mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-14462?
CVE-2019-14462 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-14462?
To fix CVE-2019-14462, 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-2019-14462 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2019-14462 is being actively exploited. 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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