What is CVE-2019-16302?

CVE-2019-16302 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-2019-16302?

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

Vulnerability in Linuxfoundation Open Network Operating System

CVE-2019-16302

An issue was discovered in Open Network Operating System (ONOS) 1.14. In the Ethernet VPN application (org.onosproject.evpnopenflow), the host event listener does not handle the following event types: HOST_MOVED, 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 (75.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 76th percentile — 75.9% 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-2019-16302?: CVE-2019-16302 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-2019-16302?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.