CVE-2019-19918
Lout 3.40 has a heap-based buffer overflow in the srcnext() function in z02.c.
02 Description
Lout 3.40 has a heap-based buffer overflow in the srcnext() function in z02.c.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- 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
- 1.59% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 75.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2019-12-20 19:52Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 02:32Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-12-20
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- b1bbaef4d87eb0016102811dfe5a59fcf17bc50023a437674d47074d623845ea
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.gnu.orghttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lout-users/2019-12/msg00001.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:1772http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00069.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:1771http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00068.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-88fb82d1cdhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5OXECUBSXEO7S3TCLSBCITLQIMOCL6MV/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-869cd99560https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NEJVEIQMRXJ26ZT6657W5RYH7YECVGNB/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-81c80ff1edhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QGZKTKGRJTQE43SFU77X5QJHKXTTOJYB/
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:1813http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00010.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:1812http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00011.html
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- lout Fixed in 3.41-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- lout No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- lout No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- lout No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.