CVE-2019-5600
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 4.9% (pctl 92)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
In FreeBSD 12.0-STABLE before r349622, 12.0-RELEASE before 12.0-RELEASE-p7, 11.3-PRERELEASE before r349624, 11.3-RC3 before 11.3-RC3-p1, and 11.2-RELEASE before 11.2-RELEASE-p11, a bug in iconv implementation may allow an attacker to write past the end of an output buffer. Depending on the implementation, an attacker may be able to create a denial of service, provoke incorrect program behavior, or induce a remote code execution.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 4.86% — more likely to be exploited than 92% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-787 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2019-07-03 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| freebsd | freebsd |
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153520/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SA-19-09.iconv.html
- https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:09.iconv.asc
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153520/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SA-19-09.iconv.html
- https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:09.iconv.asc
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