What is CVE-2019-14941?

CVE-2019-14941 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ushareit Shareit, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-04-27.

How severe is CVE-2019-14941?

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

Is CVE-2019-14941 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Resource exhaustion in Ushareit Shareit

CVE-2019-14941

SHAREit through 4.0.6.177 does not check the body length from the received packet header (which is used to allocate memory for the next set of data). This could lead to a system denial of service due to uncontrolled memory allocation.

EPSS: 0.015 (72.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Ushareit Shareit
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Public proof-of-concept exploits

nathunandwani/shareit-cwe-789

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-14941?: CVE-2019-14941 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ushareit Shareit, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-04-27.
How severe is CVE-2019-14941?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-14941 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.