VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-5953
Buffer overflow in GNU Wget 1.20.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) or may execute an arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 5.86%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.86%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Buffer overflow in GNU Wget 1.20.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) or may execute an arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 5.86% probability · 93th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- gnu/wget
- Source
- vultures@jpcert.or.jp
References
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN25261088/index.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2979
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3168
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-19
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K14560101
- https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/Product
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN25261088/index.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2979
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3168
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-19
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K14560101
- https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/Product
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.