9.1
CRITICAL
CVE-2019-9748
Tinysvcmdns mDNS Memory Read Information Disclosure
Description

In tinysvcmdns through 2018-01-16, an mDNS server processing a crafted packet can perform arbitrary data read operations up to 16383 bytes from the start of the buffer. This can lead to a segmentation fault in uncompress_nlabel in mdns.c and a crash of the server (depending on the memory protection of the CPU and the operating system), or disclosure of memory content via error messages or a server response. NOTE: the product's web site states "This project is un-maintained, and has been since 2013. ... There are known vulnerabilities ... You are advised to NOT use this library for any new projects / products."

INFO

Published Date :

March 13, 2019, 7:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

March 15, 2019, 1:40 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.2

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-9748 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 Tinysvcmdns_project tinysvcmdns
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://bitbucket.org/geekman/tinysvcmdns/issues/10/arbitrary-memory-read-while-parsing Exploit Third Party Advisory

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2019-9748 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-9748 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
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 15, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://bitbucket.org/geekman/tinysvcmdns/issues/10/arbitrary-memory-read-while-parsing No Types Assigned https://bitbucket.org/geekman/tinysvcmdns/issues/10/arbitrary-memory-read-while-parsing Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-125
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:tinysvcmdns_project:tinysvcmdns:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2018-01-16
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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.

0.46 }} 0.19%

score

0.75737

percentile

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