Is CVE-2019-6488 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2019-6488 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2019-6488?

CVE-2019-6488 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2019-6488?

CVE-2019-6488 has an EPSS score of 0.44% (35th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2019-6488?

Upgrade glibc on debian 11 to 2.28-6 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2019-6488

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The string component in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.28, when running on the x32 architecture, incorrectly attempts to use a 64-bit register for size_t in assembly codes, which can lead to a segmentation fault or possibly unspecified other impact, as demonstrated by a crash in __memmove_avx_unaligned_erms in sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/memmove-vec-unaligned-erms.S during a memcpy.

CWE-404

How to fix

Remediation Available

glibcDebian

Fixed in:2.28-6CVE-2019-6488

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 VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.44%probability of exploitation in 30 days

35thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 35% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory2

Other references1

security.gentoo.org

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-404 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2022-44267	Medium	6.5	77%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-8120	High	7.0	74%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2018-8210	High	7.8	25%	-	-
CVE-2018-8639	High	7.8	22%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2023-3206	Medium	5.3	19%	-	-
CVE-2018-8450	High	8.8	16%	-	-

Embed a live status badge for CVE-2019-6488

Markdown

[![CVE-2019-6488](https://tridentstack.com/cve/badge/CVE-2019-6488.svg)](https://tridentstack.com/cve/CVE-2019-6488)

HTML

<a href="https://tridentstack.com/cve/CVE-2019-6488"><img src="https://tridentstack.com/cve/badge/CVE-2019-6488.svg" alt="CVE-2019-6488"></a>

Find and fix vulnerabilities across your fleet

TridentStack Control continuously scans your Windows, macOS, and Linux fleet for known vulnerabilities, prioritizes them by severity and active exploitation, and patches them automatically.

Start free

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.