{"id":"CVE-2019-16279","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-16279","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:25:58.756Z","title":"A memory error in the function SSL_accept in nostromo nhttpd through 1.9.6 allows an attacker to trigger a denial of service via a crafted HTTP request.","description":"A memory error in the function SSL_accept in nostromo nhttpd through 1.9.6 allows an attacker to trigger a denial of service via a crafted HTTP request.","published":"2019-10-14T17:15:09.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:22:03.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-22"],"affected":["nazgul/nostromo nhttpd"],"epss":{"score":0.19802,"percentile":0.9739,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 19.8%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.nazgul.ch/dev/nostromo_cl.txt","tags":["Release Notes","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://git.sp0re.sh/sp0re/Nhttpd-exploits","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://sp0re.sh","tags":["Not Applicable"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.nazgul.ch/dev/nostromo_cl.txt","tags":["Release Notes","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://git.sp0re.sh/sp0re/Nhttpd-exploits","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://sp0re.sh","tags":["Not Applicable"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16279","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}