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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2019-16705

Ming (aka libming) 0.4.8 has an out of bounds read vulnerability in the function OpCode() in the decompile.c file in libutil.a.

CRITICAL 9.1EPSS 1.69%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.69%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Ming (aka libming) 0.4.8 has an out of bounds read vulnerability in the function OpCode() in the decompile.c file in libutil.a.

CVSS 3.1
9.1 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
EPSS
1.69% probability · 77th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-125
Affected
libming/libming
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 1.69%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 1.7% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.