What is CVE-2019-14951?

CVE-2019-14951 is a high-severity vulnerability in Telenav Scout Gps Link, classified under Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-08-12.

How severe is CVE-2019-14951?

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

Vulnerability in Telenav Scout Gps Link

CVE-2019-14951

The Telenav Scout GPS Link app 1.x for iOS, as used with Toyota and Lexus vehicles, has an incorrect protection mechanism against brute-force attacks on the authentication process, which makes it easier for attackers to obtain multimedia-screen access via port 7050 on the cellular network, as demonstrated by a DrivingRestriction method call to uma/jsonrpc/mobile.

Published 2019-08-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.017 (76.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 77th percentile — 76.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Telenav Scout Gps Link

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-307 — Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

References

sites.google.com/site/iosappnss/more-vulnerable-apps-and-libraries (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-14951?: CVE-2019-14951 is a high-severity vulnerability in Telenav Scout Gps Link, classified under Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-08-12.
How severe is CVE-2019-14951?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.