What is CVE-2019-8981?

CVE-2019-8981 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Axtls Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-03-26.

How severe is CVE-2019-8981?

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

Buffer overflow in Axtls Project

CVE-2019-8981

tls1.c in Cameron Hamilton-Rich axTLS before 2.1.5 has a Buffer Overflow via a crafted sequence of TLS packets because the need_bytes value is mismanaged.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.027 (84.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Axtls_project Axtls
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

cve@mitre.org (Product, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-8981?: CVE-2019-8981 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Axtls Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-03-26.
How severe is CVE-2019-8981?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.