CVE-2019-5436

7.8 HIGH
Published: May 28, 2019 Modified: April 15, 2026
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Description

A heap buffer overflow in the TFTP receiving code allows for DoS or arbitrary code execution in libcurl versions 7.19.4 through 7.64.1.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00008.html
Source: support@hackerone.com
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00017.html
Source: support@hackerone.com
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/11/6
Source: support@hackerone.com
Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2019-5436.html
Source: support@hackerone.com
Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SMG3V4VTX2SE3EW3HQTN3DDLQBTORQC2/
Source: support@hackerone.com
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Feb/36
Source: support@hackerone.com
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-29
Source: support@hackerone.com
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190606-0004/
Source: support@hackerone.com
Third Party Advisory
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K55133295
Source: support@hackerone.com
Third Party Advisory
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K55133295?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS
Source: support@hackerone.com
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4633
Source: support@hackerone.com
Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
Source: support@hackerone.com
Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
Source: support@hackerone.com
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
Source: support@hackerone.com
Patch Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00008.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00017.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/11/6
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2019-5436.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SMG3V4VTX2SE3EW3HQTN3DDLQBTORQC2/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Feb/36
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-29
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190606-0004/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K55133295
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K55133295?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4633
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Third Party Advisory

28 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
13.3%
94th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-122 CWE-787

Affected Vendors

fedoraproject haxx opensuse debian netapp f5 oracle

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