CVE-2019-12261 is a critical buffer overflow vulnerability (CWE-120) in the TCP component of Wind River VxWorks 6.7 through 6.9 and vx7, specifically related to a TCP Urgent Pointer state confusion during connect() operations. This flaw, part of the URGENT/11 set, affects various products from vendors like Belden, NetApp, Oracle, Siemens, and SonicWall. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), it allows for unauthenticated remote exploitation with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring no user interaction. While there is no known active exploitation (KEV) or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage due to its potential impact on critical systems.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 6.5, < 6.9.4.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:windriver:vxworks:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:windriver:vxworks:7.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.9.0.0, <= 5.9.0.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sonicwall:sonicos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.9.1.0., <= 5.9.1.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sonicwall:sonicos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 6.2.0.0, <= 6.2.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sonicwall:sonicos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
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