CVE-2019-19905
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: December 19, 2019 at 05:39 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:27 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorNetHack
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
NetHack 3.6.x before 3.6.4 is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability when reading very long lines from configuration files. This affects systems that have NetHack installed suid/sgid, and shared systems that allow users to upload their own configuration files.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (5)
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.debian.org/947005x_refsource_MISCPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/commit/f001de79542b8c38b1f8e6d7eaefbbd28ab94b47x_refsource_MISCPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/commit/f4a840a48f4bcf11757b3d859e9d53cc9d5ef226x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/security/advisories/GHSA-3cm7-rgh5-9pq5CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-120
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