5.5

CVE-2019-9706: debian cron Use After Free

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2019-9706DEBIAN-CVE-2019-9706
Published 12-03-2019Last modified 04-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-9706 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Use After Free vulnerability in debian cron. EPSS estimates a 0.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 38.4% 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
0.46%
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 4 · Related 2
DLA-1723-1DLA-2801-1USN-5259-1USN-5259-2

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 (use-after-free and daemon crash) because of a force_rescan_user error.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.46%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

38%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.46% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.46%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (bugs.debian.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian3 products
  • cron< 3.0pl1-133
  • cron3.0 | 3.0:pl1 | 3.0:pl1-100 | 3.0:pl1-101 | 3.0:pl1-102 | 3.0:pl1-103 | 3.0:pl1-104 | 3.0:pl1-105 | 3.0:pl1-106 | 3.0:pl1-107 | 3.0:pl1-108 | 3.0:pl1-109 | 3.0:pl1-110 | 3.0:pl1-111 | 3.0:pl1-112 | 3.0:pl1-113 | 3.0:pl1-114 | 3.0:pl1-115 | 3.0:pl1-116 | 3.0:pl1-117 | 3.0:pl1-118 | 3.0:pl1-119 | 3.0:pl1-120 | 3.0:pl1-121 | 3.0:pl1-122 | 3.0:pl1-123 | 3.0:pl1-124 | 3.0:pl1-124.1 | 3.0:pl1-124.2 | 3.0:pl1-125 | 3.0:pl1-126 | 3.0:pl1-127 | 3.0:pl1-128 | 3.0:pl1-130 | 3.0:pl1-131 | 3.0:pl1-132 | 3.0:pl1-37 | 3.0:pl1-38 | 3.0:pl1-39 | 3.0:pl1-40 | 3.0:pl1-41 | 3.0:pl1-42 | 3.0:pl1-43 | 3.0:pl1-44 | 3.0:pl1-45 | 3.0:pl1-46 | 3.0:pl1-47 | 3.0:pl1-48 | 3.0:pl1-49 | 3.0:pl1-50 | 3.0:pl1-50.1 | 3.0:pl1-50.2 | 3.0:pl1-51 | 3.0:pl1-53 | 3.0:pl1-54 | 3.0:pl1-55 | 3.0:pl1-56 | 3.0:pl1-57 | 3.0:pl1-57.2 | 3.0:pl1-57.3 | 3.0:pl1-58 | 3.0:pl1-59 | 3.0:pl1-60 | 3.0:pl1-61 | 3.0:pl1-62 | 3.0:pl1-63 | 3.0:pl1-64 | 3.0:pl1-65 | 3.0:pl1-66 | 3.0:pl1-67 | 3.0:pl1-68 | 3.0:pl1-69 | 3.0:pl1-70 | 3.0:pl1-71 | 3.0:pl1-72 | 3.0:pl1-73 | 3.0:pl1-74 | 3.0:pl1-75 | 3.0:pl1-76 | 3.0:pl1-77 | 3.0:pl1-78 | 3.0:pl1-79 | 3.0:pl1-80 | 3.0:pl1-81 | 3.0:pl1-82 | 3.0:pl1-83 | 3.0:pl1-84 | 3.0:pl1-85 | 3.0:pl1-86 | 3.0:pl1-87 | 3.0:pl1-88 | 3.0:pl1-89 | 3.0:pl1-90 | 3.0:pl1-91 | 3.0:pl1-92 | 3.0:pl1-93 | 3.0:pl1-94
  • debian_linuxEOL8.0 | 9.0
Ubuntu1 product
  • cronAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 3.0pl1-128ubuntu2+esm1 | < 3.0pl1-128.1ubuntu1.1

2 vendors · 4 products

References

10 links