CVE-2019-14850: nbdkit_project nbdkit
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2019-14850 is a low (CVSS 3.7) vulnerability in nbdkit_project nbdkit. EPSS estimates a 1.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Timeline
- 18-03-2021PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
A denial of service vulnerability was discovered in nbdkit 1.12.7, 1.14.1 and 1.15.1. An attacker could connect to the nbdkit service and cause it to perform a large amount of work in initializing backend plugins, by simply opening a connection to the service. This vulnerability could cause resource consumption and degradation of service in nbdkit, depending on the plugins configured on the server-side.
CVSS metrics
5 scores · 4 sources · 3 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated3.7LowCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated3.7LowCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
EPSS trend
Probability
1.60%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
76%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 1.60% on 21-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (redhat.com)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Redhat11 products
- enterprise_linux8.0
- enterprise_linux_server7.0
- virtualization4.0
- nbdkit< 0:1.8.0-3.el7
- nbdkit-basic-plugins< 0:1.8.0-3.el7
Debian1 product
- nbdkit< 1.14.1-1
Nbdkit_project1 product
- nbdkit< 1.12.7 | ≥ 1.14.0, < 1.14.1 | ≥ 1.15.0, < 1.15.1
Ubuntu1 product
- nbdkitAll versions (No fix recorded)
4 vendors · 14 products
References
18 links- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1757258X Refsource MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party AdvisoryREPORT
- www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2019-September/msg00084.htmlX Refsource MISCExploitMailing ListThird Party AdvisoryARTICLEREPORT
