CVE-2019-19917: Lout 3.40 has a buffer overflow in the StringQuotedWord() function in z39.c

High severity · published Dec 20, 2019

CVE-2019-19917

Lout 3.40 has a buffer overflow in the StringQuotedWord() function in z39.c

7.8

CVSS

1.5%

EPSS

On KEV

Description

Lout 3.40 has a buffer overflow in the StringQuotedWord() function in z39.c.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack vector

Local

Complexity

Low

Privileges

None

User interaction

Required

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Scope

Unchanged

Exploitation

Is it being used?

Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 75% of CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet

CISA KEVNot listed

Ransomware campaign useNot known

Affected products

Which versions

Backports Sle · Opensuse

15.0; 15.0 · source: NVD

Fedora · Fedoraproject

31; 32; 33 · source: NVD

Leap · Opensuse

15.1; 15.2 · source: NVD

Lout · Lout Project

3.40 · source: NVD

Affected product

Fedora

Fedoraproject

All Fedora CVEs

References

NVD

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-19917

CVE.org

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-19917

Mailing List

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00068.html

Mailing List

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00069.html

Mailing List

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00010.html

Mailing List

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00011.html

lists.fedoraproject.org

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5OXECUBSXEO7S3TCLSBCITLQIMOCL6MV/

lists.fedoraproject.org

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NEJVEIQMRXJ26ZT6657W5RYH7YECVGNB/