CVE-2019-20367
CRITICAL
9.1
CVSS Score
Published: January 8, 2020 at 04:50 PM UTC
Updated: October 14, 2026 at 08:17 AM UTC
4 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxLeap
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Severity
CRITICAL9.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
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).
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%v < 0.10.0
Affected range stops below 0.10.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Leap· openSUSEdrupal
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (8)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00043.htmlx_refsource_MISCExploitVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libbsd/libbsd/commit/9d917aad37778a9f4a96ba358415f077f3f36f3bMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0e913668380f59bcbd14fdd8ae8d24f95f99995e290cd18a7822c6e5%40%3Cdev.tomee.apache.org%3EMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra781e51cf1ec40381c98cddc073b3576fb56c3978f4564d2fa431550%40%3Cdev.tomee.apache.org%3EMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00027.htmlx_refsource_MISCMailing ListRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/libbsd/2019-August/000229.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4243-1/Source: 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.htmlCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125
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