What is CVE-2019-3836?

CVE-2019-3836 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gnutls, classified under CWE-456. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2019-04-01.

How severe is CVE-2019-3836?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Gnutls

CVE-2019-3836

It was discovered in gnutls before version 3.6.7 upstream that there is an uninitialized pointer access in gnutls versions 3.6.3 or later which can be triggered by certain post-handshake messages.

EPSS: 0.007 (73.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Gnutls — versions fixed in gnutls 3.6.7

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-456

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/issues/704 (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
FEDORA-2019-46df367eed (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA)
GLSA-201904-14 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190502-0005/ (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
openSUSE-SU-2019:1353 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
USN-3999-1 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU)
RHSA-2019:3600 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-3836?: CVE-2019-3836 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gnutls, classified under CWE-456. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2019-04-01.
How severe is CVE-2019-3836?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.