What is CVE-2018-19792?

CVE-2018-19792 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Litespeedtech Openlitespeed, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2018-12-03.

How severe is CVE-2018-19792?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Litespeedtech Openlitespeed

CVE-2018-19792

The server in LiteSpeed OpenLiteSpeed before 1.5.0 RC6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact by creating a symlink through which the openlitespeed program can be invoked…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.004 (34.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Litespeedtech Openlitespeed — versions 1.5.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-19792?: CVE-2018-19792 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Litespeedtech Openlitespeed, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2018-12-03.
How severe is CVE-2018-19792?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.