CVE-2019-5600 is a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in the iconv implementation of FreeBSD versions 12.0-STABLE, 12.0-RELEASE, 11.3-PRERELEASE, 11.3-RC3, and 11.2-RELEASE. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to write past the end of an output buffer, potentially leading to denial of service, incorrect program behavior, or remote code execution. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), it presents a high risk due to its network-based attack vector and low attack complexity. While there are no known public exploits or active exploitation, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness within the security community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
11.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.2:p10:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.2:p2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.2:p3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.2:p4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.