5.5

CVE-2019-20021: fedoraproject fedora Out-of-bounds Read

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2019-20021DEBIAN-CVE-2019-20021
Published 27-12-2019Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-20021 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 1.09% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.09%
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 4 · Related 3

Timeline

  1. 27-12-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A heap-based buffer over-read was discovered in canUnpack in p_mach.cpp in UPX 3.95 via a crafted Mach-O file.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.09%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

65%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.09% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
1.09%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • githubUnverified

    Upx

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • upx-ucl< 3.96-1
Fedoraproject1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • upx-uclAll versions (No fix recorded)
Upx1 product

4 vendors · 4 products

References

9 links