CVE-2019-15937 describes a critical remote buffer overflow vulnerability in Pengutronix barebox versions through 2019.08.1, specifically within the nfs_readlink_reply function in net/nfs.c. This flaw arises from directly using a length field for a memcpy operation, leading to a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL). The vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, allowing for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or KEV listing, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2019.08.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pengutronix:barebox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub 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 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.