Vulnerability in Nbdkit_project Nbdkit
CVE-2019-14850
A denial of service vulnerability was discovered in nbdkit 1.12.7, 1.14.1 and 1.15.1. An attacker could connect to the nbdkit service and cause it to perform a large amount of work in initializing backend plugins, by simply opening a conne…
EPSS: 0.016 (73.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 3.7 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.
Affected products
- Nbdkit_project Nbdkit
- Redhat Enterprise_linux — versions 8.0
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_server — versions 7.0
- Redhat Virtualization — versions 4.0
- N/a Nbdkit — versions nbdkit 1.12.7, nbdkit 1.14.1, nbdkit 1.15.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secalert@redhat.com (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
- secalert@redhat.com (Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-14850?
- CVE-2019-14850 is a low-severity vulnerability in Nbdkit_project Nbdkit, classified under CWE-406. CVSS score: 3.7/10. Published 2021-03-18.
- How severe is CVE-2019-14850?
- Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.7 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2019-14850 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.