VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-11640
There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the function rec_fex_parse_str_simple at rec-fex.c in librec.a.
HIGH 8.8EPSS 1.89%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.89%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.89% probability · 78th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- gnu/recutils
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/blob/master/recutils/bug-report-recutils/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/recutils/bug-report-recutils/recfixThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/blob/master/recutils/bug-report-recutils/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/recutils/bug-report-recutils/recfixThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.