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CVE-2019-20394

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-20394 is a double-free vulnerability in the yyparse() function of cesnet libyang before v1.0-r3, specifically when a type statement is used within a notification statement. This flaw, rated 8.8 HIGH (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), allows an unauthenticated attacker to potentially cause a crash or achieve remote code execution if an application using libyang parses a malicious YANG file. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, 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: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.79%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0279 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 14,855 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: libyang-0:1.0.184-1.el8
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-20394Moderate

libyang: double-free in yyparse() when a type statement is used in a notification statement

Apr 26, 2019

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / CESNET/libyang/commit/6cc51b1757dfbb7cff92de074ada65e8523289a6
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / CESNET/libyang/compare/v1.0-r2...v1.0-r3
Third Party Advisory
github.com / CESNET/libyang/issues/769
ExploitThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00019.html