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CVE-2019-19334

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-19334 describes a critical stack-based buffer overflow in libyang versions prior to 1.0-r5, specifically when parsing YANG files containing an "identityref" leaf. This flaw affects various products utilizing libyang, including those from Cesnet, Fedora Project, and Red Hat. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it presents a high-severity risk, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to cause denial of service or potentially achieve arbitrary code execution with low attack complexity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cesnet:libyang:0.11:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cesnet:libyang:0.11:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cesnet:libyang:0.12:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cesnet:libyang:0.12:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cesnet:libyang:0.13:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.1HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.87%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0387 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 36,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: libyang-0:0.16.105-3.el8_1.2
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-19334Important

libyang: stack-based buffer overflow in make_canonical when identityref leaf type is used

Dec 5, 2019

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:4360
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / CESNET/libyang/commit/6980afae2ff9fcd6d67508b0a3f694d75fd059d6
PatchThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PETB6TVMFV5KUD4IKVP2JPLBCYHUGSAJ
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RL54JMS7XW7PI6JC4BFSNNLSX5AINQUL