What is CVE-2019-17601?

CVE-2019-17601 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Minishare Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-10-15.

How severe is CVE-2019-17601?

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

Buffer overflow in Minishare Project

CVE-2019-17601

In MiniShare 1.4.1, there is a stack-based buffer overflow via an HTTP CONNECT request, which allows an attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution, a similar issue to CVE-2018-19862 and CVE-2018-19861. NOTE: this product is discontinued.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2019-10-15 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.028 (86.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 86.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.028 · newest: 0.028 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Minishare Project — versions 1.4.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

packetstormsecurity.com/files/154819/MiniShare-1.4.1-CONNECT-Remote-Buffer-Over… (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-17601?: CVE-2019-17601 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Minishare Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-10-15.
How severe is CVE-2019-17601?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.