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CVE-2019-14872

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-14872 is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the newlib libc library, specifically within the _dtoa_r function, affecting versions prior to 3.3.0. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) can be exploited remotely with low privileges and complexity, potentially leading to a denial of service. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:newlib_project:newlib:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/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
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
70.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0145 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 21,924 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

census-labs.com / news/2020/01/31/multiple-null-pointer-dereference-vulnerabilities-in-newlib
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