5.9med
CVE-2019-5010
An exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the X509 certificate parser of Python.org Python 2.7.11 / 3.6.6.
Published 7 y ago · modified 32 d ago · JSON
CVSS
5.9
v3.0 · CNA
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
20.7%
percentile 98%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
An exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the X509 certificate parser of Python.org Python 2.7.11 / 3.6.6. A specially crafted X509 certificate can cause a NULL pointer dereference, resulting in a denial of service. An attacker can initiate or accept TLS connections using crafted certificates to trigger this vulnerability.
CISA SSVC assessment
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 32 d ago
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
20.74% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.0 | 5.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| CNA | 3.0 | 5.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Affected products
- n/a Python
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
References
- access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2019:3520 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
- access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2019:3725 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
- lists.opensuse.org /opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00040.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, x_transferred
- security.gentoo.org /glsa/202003-26 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
- lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00011.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
- lists.apache.org /thread.html/r1b103833cb5bc8466e24ff0ecc5e75b45a705334ab6a444e64e840a0%40%3Cissues.bookkee · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
- lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00034.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
- talosintelligence.com /vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0758 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2019-5010
- NVD: CVE-2019-5010
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