Out-of-bounds Read in GNU Recutils
CVE-2019-11638
An issue was discovered in GNU recutils 1.8. There is a NULL pointer dereference in the function rec_field_name_equal_p at rec-field-name.c in librec.a, leading to a crash.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.014 (71.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 72nd percentile — 71.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- GNU Recutils — versions 1.8
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/recutils/bug-report-recutils/rec2csv (Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/blob/master/recutils/bug-report-recutils (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-11638?
- CVE-2019-11638 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GNU Recutils, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-05-01.
- How severe is CVE-2019-11638?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.