CVE-2019-19905
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.7%
Description
NetHack 3.6.x before 3.6.4 is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability when reading very long lines from configuration files. This affects systems that have NetHack installed suid/sgid, and shared systems that allow users to upload their own configuration files.
How to fix CVE-2019-19905
To remediate CVE-2019-19905, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/nethack—upgrade to 3.6.6-1 or later
Is CVE-2019-19905 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 2.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 3.6.6-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |