CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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7.5 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in GNU Recutils 1.8. Affected by this issue is the function rec_fex_parse_str_simple
of the file rec-fex.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
An issue was discovered in GNU recutils 1.8. There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the function rec_fex_parse_str_simple at rec-fex.c in librec.a.
The bug was discovered 04/28/2019. The weakness was published 05/01/2019. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-11640 since 05/01/2019. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 3 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
Similar entries are available at 134299, 134298 and 134297.
Product
Vendor
Name
Version
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.5
VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.3
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NVD Base Score: 8.8
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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ATT&CK: 🔍
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
04/28/2019 🔍05/01/2019 🔍
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05/02/2019 🔍
09/11/2023 🔍
Sources
Vendor: gnu.orgAdvisory: github.com
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2019-11640 (🔍)
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Entry
Created: 05/02/2019 07:01Updated: 09/11/2023 14:29
Changes: 05/02/2019 07:01 (55), 06/05/2020 14:32 (1), 09/11/2023 14:29 (3)
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