CVE-2019-6454

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

2.03% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 80.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/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

Important. 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

2019-03-17 16:38Z7 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 20:23Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2019-01-16

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
• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

c8428cbd986ac5b4bdf44c0eedc101418cf241756202e284177d759d763b5e98

• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-8434288a24https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N67IOBOTDOMVNQJ5QRU2MXLEECXPGNVJ/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20190218 CVE-2019-6454: systemd (PID1) crash with specially crafted D-Bus messagehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/02/18/3mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.securityfocus.com107081http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107081vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3891-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3891-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:0368https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0368vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• github.comhttps://github.com/systemd/systemd/commits/master/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/bus-objects.cx_refsource_MISC
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2019:0255-1http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-02/msg00070.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20190219 CVE-2019-6454: systemd (PID1) crash with specially crafted D-Bus messagehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/02/19/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.debian.org[SECURITY] [DLA 1684-1] 20190219 systemd security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00031.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.debian.orgDSA-4393-1https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4393vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190327-0004/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• kc.mcafee.comhttps://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10278x_refsource_CONFIRM
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:0990https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0990vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:1450http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00062.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:1322https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1322vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:1502https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1502vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:2805https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2805vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20210720 CVE-2021-33910: Denial of service (stack exhaustion) in systemd (PID 1)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/20/2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST