What is CVE-2019-12995?

CVE-2019-12995 is a high-severity vulnerability in Istio, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-06-28.

How severe is CVE-2019-12995?

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

NULL pointer dereference in Istio

CVE-2019-12995

Istio before 1.2.2 mishandles certain access tokens, leading to "Epoch 0 terminated with an error" in Envoy. This is related to a jwt_authenticator.cc segmentation fault.

EPSS: 0.022 (80.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Istio
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-12995?: CVE-2019-12995 is a high-severity vulnerability in Istio, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-06-28.
How severe is CVE-2019-12995?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.