6.5

CVE-2019-6472: isc kea Reachable Assertion

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2019-6472UBUNTU-CVE-2019-6472DEBIAN-CVE-2019-6472
Published 16-10-2019Last modified 17-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-6472 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Reachable Assertion vulnerability in isc kea. EPSS estimates a 0.80% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 55.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.80%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 16-10-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 17-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A packet containing a malformed DUID can cause the Kea DHCPv6 server process (kea-dhcp6) to exit due to an assertion failure. Versions affected: 1.4.0 to 1.5.0, 1.6.0-beta1, and 1.6.0-beta2.

CVSS metrics

6 scores · 5 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.80%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

56%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.80% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.80%

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

Alpine1 product
  • kea≥ 1.4.0, < 1.7.2-r0
Debian1 product
  • isc-kea< 1.7.5-1
Isc1 product
  • kea1.4.0 to 1.5.0 | 1.6.0-beta1 | 1.6.0-beta2 | ≥ 1.4.0, ≤ 1.5.0 | 1.6.0:beta1 | 1.6.0:beta2
Ubuntu1 product
  • isc-keaAll versions (No fix recorded)

4 vendors · 4 products

References

5 links