What is CVE-2019-11848?

CVE-2019-11848 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sierrawireless Airlink Es440, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 4.1/10. Published 2020-08-21.

How severe is CVE-2019-11848?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.1 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Sierrawireless Airlink Es440

CVE-2019-11848

An API abuse vulnerability exists in the AT command API of ALEOS before 4.13.0, 4.9.5, 4.4.9 due to lack of length checking when handling certain user-provided values.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2020-08-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (63.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 63.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

source.sierrawireless.com/resources/security-bulletins/sierra-wireless-technica… (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-11848?: CVE-2019-11848 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sierrawireless Airlink Es440, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 4.1/10. Published 2020-08-21.
How severe is CVE-2019-11848?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.1 out of 10.