5.5

CVE-2019-5718: debian debian_linux Out-of-bounds Read

CVSS: 5.5v3.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2019-5718DEBIAN-CVE-2019-5718
Published 08-01-2019Last modified 04-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-5718 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 1.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72.1% 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 · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.40%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Related 6
DSA-4416-1OPENSUSE-SU-2019:0092-1OPENSUSE-SU-2020:0362-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11513-1SUSE-SU-2019:0130-1SUSE-SU-2019:0138-1

Timeline

  1. 08-01-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.5 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.11, the RTSE dissector and other ASN.1 dissectors could crash. This was addressed in epan/charsets.c by adding a get_t61_string length check.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.40%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

72%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.40% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.40%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (bugs.wireshark.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian2 products
Ubuntu1 product
  • wireshark< 2.6.6-1~ubuntu14.04.0 | < 2.6.6-1~ubuntu16.04.0 | < 2.6.6-1~ubuntu18.04.0
Wireshark1 product
  • wireshark≥ 2.4.0, ≤ 2.4.11 | ≥ 2.6.0, ≤ 2.6.5

3 vendors · 4 products

References

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