CVE-2019-12822

Q: How do I fix CVE-2019-12822?

Upgrade goahead to 5.0.1 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2019-12822 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2019-12822 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 8.8% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 95% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2019-12822?

CVE-2019-12822 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2019-12822 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for goahead (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

HIGHEPSS 95th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

In http.c in Embedthis GoAhead before 4.1.1 and 5.x before 5.0.1, a header parsing vulnerability causes a memory assertion, out-of-bounds memory reference, and potential DoS, as demonstrated by a colon on a line by itself.

CWE-119Buffer Overflow CWE-917

How to fix

Remediation Available

goaheadNVD

Affected:>= 5.0.0, < 5.0.1Fixed in:5.0.1CVE-2019-12822derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

8.85%probability of exploitation in 30 days

95thpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 95% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-119 (Buffer Overflow) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2023-4966	Critical	9.4	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2017-11882	High	7.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2020-0796	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2008-4250	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	-
CVE-2017-15944	Critical	9.8	98%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2015-0014	High	10.0	97%	-	-

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2019-12822?

Upgrade goahead to 5.0.1 or later.

Is CVE-2019-12822 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2019-12822 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 8.8% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 95% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2019-12822?

CVE-2019-12822 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2019-12822 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for goahead (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.