CVE-2019-15938 is a critical remote buffer overflow vulnerability affecting Pengutronix barebox versions through 2019.08.1. Specifically, the nfs_readlink_req function in fs/nfs.c improperly uses a length field directly for a memcpy operation, leading to the overflow. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or inclusion in the KEV catalog, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, with 10 mentions across various platforms.
| 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.