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CVE-2019-14867

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-14867 is a critical flaw in FreeIPA versions 4.6.x, 4.7.x, and 4.8.x, stemming from improper use of the ber_scanf() function when parsing Kerberos key data. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating that an unauthenticated attacker could remotely trigger a server crash or potentially achieve arbitrary code execution with low attack complexity. While the vulnerability is severe, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding it.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 4.6.0, < 4.6.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freeipa:freeipa:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.7.0, < 4.7.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freeipa:freeipa:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.8.0, < 4.8.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freeipa:freeipa:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
30CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
31CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0735 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 14,848 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (9)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: ipaFixed in: 4.6.7
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: ipaFixed in: 4.7.4
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: ipaFixed in: 4.8.3
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: freeipaFixed in: 4.6.7
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: freeipaFixed in: 4.7.4
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: freeipaFixed in: 4.8.3
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: ipa-0:4.6.5-11.el7_7.4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: idm:DL1-8010020191127093529.6573b795
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: idm:DL1-8000020200217171713.2874843d
View patch

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-7hpj-hfcr-5qwmhigh

Code injection in FreeIPA

Dec 6, 2021
redhatCVE-2019-14867Important

ipa: Denial of service in IPA server due to wrong use of ber_scanf()

Aug 26, 2019

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHBA-2019:4268
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2020:0378
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/67SEUWJAJ5RMH5K4Q6TS2I7HIMXUGNKF
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WLFL5XDCJ3WT6JCLCQVKHZBLHGW7PW4T
freeipa.org / page/Releases/4.6.7
Release Notes
freeipa.org / page/Releases/4.7.4
Release Notes
freeipa.org / page/Releases/4.8.3
Release Notes