6.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2019-13617
NGINX njs Heap-Based Buffer Over-Read Vulnerability
Description

njs through 0.3.3, used in NGINX, has a heap-based buffer over-read in nxt_vsprintf in nxt/nxt_sprintf.c during error handling, as demonstrated by an njs_regexp_literal call that leads to an njs_parser_lexer_error call and then an njs_parser_scope_error call.

INFO

Published Date :

July 16, 2019, 5:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

March 24, 2022, 2:23 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-13617 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 F5 njs
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2019-13617.

URL Resource
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=15093 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/nginx/njs/issues/174 Exploit Third Party Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-13617 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Mar. 24, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:nginx:njs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 0.3.3 OR *cpe:2.3:a:f5:njs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 0.3.3
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 24, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-119 CWE-125
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 19, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=15093 No Types Assigned https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=15093 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/nginx/njs/issues/174 No Types Assigned https://github.com/nginx/njs/issues/174 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-119
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:nginx:njs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 0.3.3
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.10 }} 0.00%

score

0.39199

percentile

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