CVE-2019-14871 describes a memory allocation vulnerability in the newlib C library, affecting versions prior to 3.3.0. Specifically, the REENT_CHECK macro fails to properly handle memory allocation failures when the DEBUG flag is disabled, a common configuration in production firmware. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) allows an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial-of-service (A:H) remotely (AV:N) with low privileges (PR:L). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:newlib_project:newlib:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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