CVE-2019-13566 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in the ROS communications-related packages (aka ros_comm or ros-melodic-ros-comm) through 1.14.3. A buffer overflow allows attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via an IP address with a long hostname.

Published: 2019-11-22

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 3.1% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ros:ros-comm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2019-5021	An issue was discovered in the ROS communications-related packages (aka ros_comm or ros-melodic-ros-comm) through 1.14.3. A buffer overflow allows attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via an IP address with a long hostname.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03113.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/ros/ros_comm/issues/1735
https://github.com/ros/ros_comm/issues/1752
https://github.com/ros/ros_comm/pull/1771

History

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Subscriptions

Ros Ros-comm

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-11-22T20:29:13.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T23:57:39.404Z

Reserved: 2019-07-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-13566

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-11-22T21:15:10.880

Modified: 2026-06-17T02:16:59.803

Link: CVE-2019-13566

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-120
Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

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