CVE-2019-17042

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

2.98% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 86.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

2019-10-07 15:34Z7 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 01:24Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2019-09-30

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
• CWE-122Heap-based Buffer OverflowVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

935d009ef08dfd98b5f48a72276119527cadc922bdd20fd873d23eac45147eeb

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• github.comhttps://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/pull/3883x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:2500http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00031.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
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• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-ea7d5876a4https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W6SUQE25RD37CD24BHKUWMG27U5RQ2FU/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
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