CVE-2019-17266 is a critical heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability in libsoup versions 2.65.1 through 2.68.1, affecting Canonical and GNOME products. This flaw, residing in the soup_ntlm_parse_challenge() function, stems from insufficient length checks before a memcpy operation. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it presents a severe risk, allowing unauthenticated attackers to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability over the network with low attack complexity. Despite its critical severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 2.65.1, < 2.66.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:libsoup:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.67.1, <= 2.68.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:libsoup:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
19.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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