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CVE-2019-14851

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-14851 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in nbdkit, specifically affecting versions 1.12.7, 1.14.1, and 1.15.1. A malicious client could trigger an assertion failure by sending a specific command sequence, causing the nbdkit server to crash. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity and without user interaction, leading to high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.99%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
58.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0099 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 21,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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 (1)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-14851Moderate

nbdkit: assertion failure by issuing commands in the wrong order

Sep 20, 2019

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
redhat.com / archives/libguestfs/2019-September/msg00272.html
Mailing ListPatchVendor Advisory