What is CVE-2019-16298?

CVE-2019-16298 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linuxfoundation Open Network Operating System, classified under Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-02-20.

How severe is CVE-2019-16298?

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

Vulnerability in Linuxfoundation Open Network Operating System

CVE-2019-16298

An issue was discovered in Open Network Operating System (ONOS) 1.14. In the virtual broadband network gateway application (org.onosproject.virtualbng), the host event listener does not handle the following event types: HOST_MOVED, HOST_REMOVED, HOST_UPDATED. In combination with other applications, this could lead to the absence of intended code execution.

Published 2020-02-20 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.017 (76.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 76th percentile — 76.0% 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

Linuxfoundation Open Network Operating System — versions 1.14.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-755 — Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions

References

www.ndss-symposium.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/24080.pdf (Technical Description, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-16298?: CVE-2019-16298 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linuxfoundation Open Network Operating System, classified under Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-02-20.
How severe is CVE-2019-16298?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.