CVE-2019-5481

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.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total 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

7.46% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 94.1% 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 2026-10-14.

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

2019-09-16 18:05Z7 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-10-14 06:35Z15 DAYS AGO

Reserved

2019-01-04

Assigning CNA

hackerone

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-415Double FreeVariant

Data version

5.2

Document digest

5f6aa46a3cc0ce5ec05918097d4c59453591d1abceb89e9a6061f0a470ef4801

• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:2149http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00048.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-9e6357d82fhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RGDVKSLY5JUNJRLYRUA6CXGQ2LM63XC3/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-6d7f6fa2c8https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UA7KDM2WPM5CJDDGOEGFV6SSGD2J7RNT/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:2169http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00055.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-f2a520135ehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6CI4QQ2RSZX4VCFM76SIWGKY6BY7UWIC/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• www.debian.orgDSA-4633https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4633vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• seclists.org20200225 [SECURITY] [DSA 4633-1] curl security updatehttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Feb/36mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202003-29https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-29vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• curl.haxx.sehttps://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2019-5481.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0003/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html