CVE-2019-5436
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: May 28, 2019 at 06:47 PM UTC
Updated: October 14, 2026 at 07:16 AM UTC
12 products affected across 7 vendorsDebian LinuxFedoraLeap
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 50%
SSVC
No known 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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%5.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 5.1.0
95%
All versions
All versions
Leap· openSUSEdrupal
95%95%
v ≤ 5.7.275.7.28 ≤ v ≤ 8.0.17
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00008.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00017.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/11/6
- https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2019-5436.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SMG3V4VTX2SE3EW3HQTN3DDLQBTORQC2/
References (15)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00008.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00017.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/11/6x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2019-5436.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SMG3V4VTX2SE3EW3HQTN3DDLQBTORQC2/Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Feb/36Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-29x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190606-0004/SSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
7.8HIGHCISA-ADP
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-122CWE-787
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