6.5

CVE-2019-25014: istio NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumModified
Published 29-01-2021Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-25014 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in istio. EPSS estimates a 1.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.33%
0%100%
Low · -0.09 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
RHSA-2021:1322

Timeline

  1. 29-01-2021
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A NULL pointer dereference was found in pkg/proxy/envoy/v2/debug.go getResourceVersion in Istio pilot before 1.5.0-alpha.0. If a particular HTTP GET request is made to the pilot API endpoint, it is possible to cause the Go runtime to panic (resulting in a denial of service to the istio-pilot application).

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.33%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

71%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.09 pp

From 1.42% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.33%

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

Istio1 product
Redhat1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

2 links