VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-19917
Lout 3.40 has a buffer overflow in the StringQuotedWord() function in z39.c.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 1.54%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.54%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Lout 3.40 has a buffer overflow in the StringQuotedWord() function in z39.c.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.54% probability · 73th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-120
- Affected
- lout project/lout · opensuse/backports sle · opensuse/leap · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00068.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00069.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00010.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00011.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5OXECUBSXEO7S3TCLSBCITLQIMOCL6MV/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NEJVEIQMRXJ26ZT6657W5RYH7YECVGNB/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QGZKTKGRJTQE43SFU77X5QJHKXTTOJYB/
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lout-users/2019-12/msg00002.htmlExploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00068.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00069.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00010.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00011.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5OXECUBSXEO7S3TCLSBCITLQIMOCL6MV/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NEJVEIQMRXJ26ZT6657W5RYH7YECVGNB/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QGZKTKGRJTQE43SFU77X5QJHKXTTOJYB/
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lout-users/2019-12/msg00002.htmlExploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.