8.8

CVE-2019-11639: gnu recutils Out-of-bounds Write

CVSS: 8.8v3.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2019-11639DEBIAN-CVE-2019-11639
Published 01-05-2019Last modified 04-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-11639 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in gnu recutils. EPSS estimates a 1.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
46/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.89%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1github

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
USN-7137-1

Timeline

  1. 01-05-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An issue was discovered in GNU recutils 1.8. There is a stack-based buffer overflow in the function rec_type_check_enum at rec-types.c in librec.a.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.89%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

79%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.89% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.89%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • githubUnverified

    Pocs

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • recutilsAll versions (No fix recorded)
Gnu1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • recutils< 1.7-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | < 1.7-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 | < 1.8-1ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1 | < 1.8-1ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm1

3 vendors · 3 products

References

6 links