9.3

CVE-2019-12499: firejail_project firejail

CVSS: 9.3v2.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2019-12499DEBIAN-CVE-2019-12499
Published 31-05-2019Last modified 04-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-12499 is a high (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability in firejail_project firejail. EPSS estimates a 2.02% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.3/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.02%
0%100%
Low · -0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
MGASA-2020-0115

Timeline

  1. 31-05-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Firejail before 0.9.60 allows truncation (resizing to length 0) of the firejail binary on the host by running exploit code inside a firejail sandbox and having the sandbox terminated. To succeed, certain conditions need to be fulfilled: The jail (with the exploit code inside) needs to be started as root, and it also needs to be terminated as root from the host (either by stopping it ungracefully (e.g., SIGKILL), or by using the --shutdown control command). This is similar to CVE-2019-5736.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.02%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

81%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.01 pp

From 2.03% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026
EPSS score
2.02%

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

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • firejail< 0.9.58.2-2
Firejail_project1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • firejailAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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