What is CVE-2019-12822?

CVE-2019-12822 is a high-severity vulnerability in Embedthis Goahead, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-06-14.

How severe is CVE-2019-12822?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

RCE in Embedthis Goahead

CVE-2019-12822

In http.c in Embedthis GoAhead before 4.1.1 and 5.x before 5.0.1, a header parsing vulnerability causes a memory assertion, out-of-bounds memory reference, and potential DoS, as demonstrated by a colon on a line by itself.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2019-06-14 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.088 (95.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 95.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.088 · newest: 0.088 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Embedthis Goahead

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

github.com/embedthis/goahead/issues/285 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/embedthis/goahead/compare/5349710...579f21f (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-12822?: CVE-2019-12822 is a high-severity vulnerability in Embedthis Goahead, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-06-14.
How severe is CVE-2019-12822?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.