CVE-2019-14888
No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 81st percentile. A vendor fix is available.
What to do
The vendor has published a fix. Version details are below where the sources state them.
What it is
From the CVE record
A vulnerability was found in the Undertow HTTP server in versions before 2.0.28.SP1 when listening on HTTPS. An attacker can target the HTTPS port to carry out a Denial Of Service (DOS) to make the service unavailable on SSL.
In plain language
No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.
Exploitation
Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.
- CISA KEV
Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.
- Public exploits
No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.
- EPSS
2.1% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 81st percentile of scored CVEs.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.
Lifecycle
5 events over 1764 days, from the signal feeds we watch.
- Patch availablerecord updated
- Publishedweakness classified, att&ck mapped
Affected products
- OpenShift Application RuntimesOperating Systems / linux-distro
- JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Continuous DeliveryOperating Systems / linux-distro
- JBoss Enterprise Application PlatformOperating Systems / linux-distro
- Red Hat JBoss EAPOperating Systems / linux-distro
- Jboss FuseOperating Systems / linux-distro
- Red Hat JBoss Data GridOperating Systems / linux-distro
- undertowOperating Systems / linux-distro
- jboss data gridOperating Systems / linux-distro
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Technical detail
CVSS 3.1 vector
Open in the CVSS calculatorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Scored 7.5 by NVD.
How it is reached
- Attack Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network without any special conditions
- Attack Complexity LowNo special conditions — the attack can be reliably reproduced
- Privileges Required NoneNo authentication required — anyone can exploit this
- User Interaction NoneNo user interaction needed — fully automated exploitation
Scope
- Scope UnchangedImpact is limited to the vulnerable component itself
Impact if exploited
- Confidentiality NoneNo confidentiality impact
- Integrity NoneNo integrity impact
- Availability HighTotal denial of service — the component is completely unavailable
Weaknesses
ATT&CK techniques
Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.
Sources
References in the record
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-14888
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14888
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0729
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