CVE-2019-14271

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: July 29, 2019 at 05:05 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:18 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxLeapDocker

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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 19%

Description

In Docker 19.03.x before 19.03.1 linked against the GNU C Library (aka glibc), code injection can occur when the nsswitch facility dynamically loads a library inside a chroot that contains the contents of the container.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

19.03 ≤ v < 19.03.1
Affected range stops below 19.03.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (6)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00084.html
x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
https://docs.docker.com/engine/release-notes/
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/moby/moby/issues/39449
Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQThird Party Advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/21
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4521

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-665

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