CVE-2019-20367

Public Exploit

Description

nlist.c in libbsd before 0.10.0 has an out-of-bounds read during a comparison for a symbol name from the string table (strtab).

Category

9.1
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.08% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory freedesktop.org Vendor Advisory freedesktop.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/libbsd/2019-August/000229.html mailing list release notes vendor advisory
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libbsd/libbsd/commit/9d917aad37778a9f4a96ba358415f077f3f36f3b exploit vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4243-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00043.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00027.html third party advisory mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra781e51cf1ec40381c98cddc073b3576fb56c3978f4564d2fa431550%40%3Cdev.tomee.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0e913668380f59bcbd14fdd8ae8d24f95f99995e290cd18a7822c6e5%40%3Cdev.tomee.apache.org%3E mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-20367?
CVE-2019-20367 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-20367?
To fix CVE-2019-20367, 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-2019-20367 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2019-20367 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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