CVE-2019-5436

Public Exploit

Description

A heap buffer overflow in the TFTP receiving code allows for DoS or arbitrary code execution in libcurl versions 7.19.4 through 7.64.1.

Categories

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 29.54% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory haxx.se
Affected: curl curl
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00008.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00017.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SMG3V4VTX2SE3EW3HQTN3DDLQBTORQC2/ vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/11/6 mailing list third party advisory patch
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4633 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Feb/36 third party advisory mailing list
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-29 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html third party advisory
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html third party advisory patch
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190606-0004/ third party advisory
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2019-5436.html exploit patch vendor advisory
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K55133295 third party advisory
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K55133295?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-5436?
CVE-2019-5436 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-5436?
To fix CVE-2019-5436, 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-2019-5436 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2019-5436 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~30% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2019-5436?
CVE-2019-5436 affects curl curl.
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