Out-of-bounds Read in Openwrt

CVE-2019-19945

uhttpd in OpenWrt through 18.06.5 and 19.x through 19.07.0-rc2 has an integer signedness error. This leads to out-of-bounds access to a heap buffer and a subsequent crash. It can be triggered with an HTTP POST request to a CGI script, specifying both "Transfer-Encoding: chunked" and a large negative Content-Length value.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.016 (72.5th 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

  • Openwrt — versions 19.07.0
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-19945?
CVE-2019-19945 is a high-severity vulnerability in Openwrt, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-03-16.
How severe is CVE-2019-19945?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-19945 known to be exploited?
5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.