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CVE-2019-14850

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-14850 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting nbdkit versions 1.12.7, 1.14.1, and 1.15.1, as well as various Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Virtualization products. An unauthenticated attacker can trigger excessive backend plugin initialization by simply connecting to the nbdkit service, leading to resource exhaustion and service degradation. Rated with a CVSS score of 3.7 (LOW), this vulnerability has a network attack vector and high attack complexity, resulting in a low impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.12.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nbdkit_project:nbdkit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.14.0, < 1.14.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nbdkit_project:nbdkit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.15.0, < 1.15.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nbdkit_project:nbdkit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:virtualization:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

3.7LOW

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.60%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0160 is in the 62nd percentile among its peer group of 1,505 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.3 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: nbdkit-0:1.8.0-3.el7
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: nbdkit
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Advanced VirtualizationFixed in: nbdkit

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-14850Low

nbdkit: denial of service due to premature opening of back-end connection

Sep 20, 2019

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
redhat.com / archives/libguestfs/2019-September/msg00084.html
ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory