What is CVE-2019-16889?

CVE-2019-16889 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ui Ep-r6, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-09-25.

How severe is CVE-2019-16889?

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

Is CVE-2019-16889 known to be exploited?

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

Resource exhaustion in Ui Ep-r6

CVE-2019-16889

Ubiquiti EdgeMAX devices before 2.0.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) because *.cache files in /var/run/beaker/container_file/ are created when providing a valid length payload of 249 characters or fe…

EPSS: 0.051 (91.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-16889?: CVE-2019-16889 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ui Ep-r6, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-09-25.
How severe is CVE-2019-16889?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-16889 known to be exploited?: 6 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.