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CVE-2019-13566

31
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-13566 is a critical buffer overflow vulnerability affecting ROS communications-related packages (ros_comm) up to version 1.14.3. Attackers can exploit this by sending an IP address with a long hostname, leading to denial of service and potentially arbitrary code execution. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network without user interaction, posing a significant risk of full compromise. While there are no known public exploits or Metasploit modules, the vulnerability has garnered considerable community discussion, indicating awareness and potential for future exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.14.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ros:ros-comm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.11%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0311 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

github.com / ros/ros_comm/issues/1735
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / ros/ros_comm/issues/1752
github.com / ros/ros_comm/pull/1771
PatchThird Party Advisory