5.5

CVE-2019-9705: cron_project cron

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2019-9705DEBIAN-CVE-2019-9705
Published 12-03-2019Last modified 04-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-9705 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in cron_project cron. EPSS estimates a 0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 29.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.37%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 9 · Related 6
DLA-1723-1DLA-2801-1MGASA-2019-0157OPENSUSE-SU-2019:1520-1SUSE-SU-2019:1389-1SUSE-SU-2019:1389-2

Timeline

  1. 12-03-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Vixie Cron before the 3.0pl1-133 Debian package allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large crontab file because an unlimited number of lines is accepted.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.37%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

29%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.35% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.37%

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

Debian2 products
Cron_project1 product
Fedoraproject1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • cronAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 3.0pl1-128ubuntu2+esm1 | < 3.0pl1-128.1ubuntu1.1

4 vendors · 5 products

References

10 links