What is CVE-2019-16225?

CVE-2019-16225 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Py-Lmdb Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-09-11.

How severe is CVE-2019-16225?

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

Buffer overflow in Py-Lmdb Project

CVE-2019-16225

An issue was discovered in py-lmdb 0.97. For certain values of mp_flags, mdb_page_touch does not properly set up mc->mc_pg[mc->top], leading to an invalid write operation. NOTE: this outcome occurs when accessing a data.mdb file supplied by an attacker.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.018 (75.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Py-lmdb_project Py-lmdb
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-16225?: CVE-2019-16225 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Py-Lmdb Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-09-11.
How severe is CVE-2019-16225?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.