8.8

CVE-2019-11745: canonical ubuntu_linux Out-of-bounds Write

CVSS: 8.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2019-11745MGASA-2019-0374RHSA-2019:4114
Published 08-01-2020Last modified 04-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-11745 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 2.99% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
36/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.99%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 21 · Related 15

Timeline

  1. 08-01-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

When encrypting with a block cipher, if a call to NSC_EncryptUpdate was made with data smaller than the block size, a small out of bounds write could occur. This could have caused heap corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.3, Firefox ESR < 68.3, and Firefox < 71.

CVSS metrics

6 scores · 5 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.99%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

87%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.99% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
2.99%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Redhat18 products
  • enterprise_linux_server_aus6.6
  • nss< 0:3.44.0-9.el8_1 | < 0:3.44.0-8.el8_0
  • nss-debuginfo< 0:3.44.0-9.el8_1 | < 0:3.44.0-8.el8_0
  • nss-debugsource< 0:3.44.0-9.el8_1 | < 0:3.44.0-8.el8_0
  • nss-devel< 0:3.44.0-9.el8_1 | < 0:3.44.0-8.el8_0
Siemens8 products
Mozilla3 products
Ubuntu3 products
  • firefox< 71.0+build5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 | < 71.0+build5-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  • nss< 2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.8 | < 2:3.35-2ubuntu2.5 | < 2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5+esm2
  • thunderbird< 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 | < 1:68.4.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
Debian2 products
Mageia2 products
  • nss< 3.47.1-1.mga7
  • rootcerts< 20191126.00-1.mga7
Alpine1 product
  • nss< 3.44.3-r0 | < 3.47.1-r0
Canonical1 product
Opensuse1 product

9 vendors · 39 products

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