CVE-2019-8849 is a critical vulnerability affecting SwiftNIO SSL versions prior to 2.4.1, where a SwiftNIO application utilizing TLS could be susceptible to arbitrary code execution. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating awareness and potential interest. The issue was resolved by signaling that an executable stack is not required.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apple:swiftnio_ssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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
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.