CVE-2019-5953
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 5.9% (pctl 93)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
Buffer overflow in GNU Wget 1.20.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) or may execute an arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
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 | 5.86% — more likely to be exploited than 93% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-787 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2019-05-17 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| gnu | wget |
References
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN25261088/index.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2979
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3168
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-19
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K14560101
- https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN25261088/index.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2979
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3168
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-19
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K14560101
- https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/
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