Vulnerability in Nbdkit Project
CVE-2019-14851
A denial of service vulnerability was discovered in nbdkit. A client issuing a certain sequence of commands could possibly trigger an assertion failure, causing nbdkit to exit. This issue only affected nbdkit versions 1.12.7, 1.14.1, and 1.15.1.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.010 (61.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 61st percentile — 61.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: -0.000
Affected products
- Nbdkit Project
- Nbdkit — versions nbdkit 1.12.8, nbdkit 1.14.2, nbdkit 1.15.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2019-September/msg00272.html (Patch, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-14851?
- CVE-2019-14851 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nbdkit Project, classified under Reachable Assertion. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-03-18.
- How severe is CVE-2019-14851?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.