Buffer overflow in Lout Project
CVE-2019-19918
Lout 3.40 has a heap-based buffer overflow in the srcnext() function in z02.c.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.016 (74.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 74.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Lout Project — versions 3.40
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 31, 32, 33
- openSUSE Backports Sle — versions 15.0
- openSUSE Leap — versions 15.1, 15.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lout-users/2019-12/msg00001.html (Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00069.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, Broken Link)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00068.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, Broken Link)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00010.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, Broken Link)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00011.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, Broken Link)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-19918?
- CVE-2019-19918 is a high-severity vulnerability in Lout Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-12-20.
- How severe is CVE-2019-19918?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.