CVE-2019-14861

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

2.30% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 81.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2019-12-10 22:19Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 00:26Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2019-08-10

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 5.3)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-276Incorrect Default PermissionsBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

f865def767b636b152c1fd9134368ebf9cf228d9d224a4033555a37784a1206d

• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4217-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4217-1/vendor-advisory
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4217-2https://usn.ubuntu.com/4217-2/vendor-advisory
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-be98a08835https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PJH3ROOFYMOATD2UEPC47P5RPBDTY77E/vendor-advisory
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:2700http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00038.htmlvendor-advisory
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-11dddb785bhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WNKA4YIPV7AZR7KK3GW6L3HKGHSGJZFE/vendor-advisory
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202003-52https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-52vendor-advisory
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14861
• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191210-0002/
• www.samba.orghttps://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2019-14861.html
• www.synology.comhttps://www.synology.com/security/advisory/Synology_SA_19_40
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20210529 [SECURITY] [DLA 2668-1] samba security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00023.htmlmailing-list
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20240625 Re: Out-of-bounds read & write in the glibc's qsort()http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/24/3mailing-list