What is CVE-2019-15937?

CVE-2019-15937 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Pengutronix Barebox, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-09-05.

How severe is CVE-2019-15937?

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

Is CVE-2019-15937 known to be exploited?

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

Buffer overflow in Pengutronix Barebox

CVE-2019-15937

Pengutronix barebox through 2019.08.1 has a remote buffer overflow in nfs_readlink_reply in net/nfs.c because a length field is directly used for a memcpy.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.021 (79.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Pengutronix Barebox
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

Public proof-of-concept exploits

chris-anley/exploit-defence

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-15937?: CVE-2019-15937 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Pengutronix Barebox, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-09-05.
How severe is CVE-2019-15937?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-15937 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.