CVE-2019-5953

critical

Description

Buffer overflow in GNU Wget 1.20.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) or may execute an arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

References

http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN25261088/index.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2979

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3168

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-19

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K14560101

https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2019-05-17

Updated: 2020-08-24

Type: CWE-787

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Impact Score: 6.4

Exploitability Score: 10

Severity: HIGH

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Impact Score: 5.9

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: CRITICAL