What is CVE-2019-14842?

CVE-2019-14842 is a critical-severity vulnerability in [Unknown] Libnbd, classified under Incorrect Conversion between Numeric Types. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-11-26.

How severe is CVE-2019-14842?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in [Unknown] Libnbd

CVE-2019-14842

Structured reply is a feature of the newstyle NBD protocol allowing the server to send a reply in chunks. A bounds check which was supposed to test for chunk offsets smaller than the beginning of the request did not work because of signed/…

EPSS: 0.018 (76.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

[Unknown] Libnbd — versions 1.0.3
Redhat Libnbd

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-681 — Incorrect Conversion between Numeric Types

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
secalert@redhat.com (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-14842?: CVE-2019-14842 is a critical-severity vulnerability in [Unknown] Libnbd, classified under Incorrect Conversion between Numeric Types. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-11-26.
How severe is CVE-2019-14842?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.