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CVE-2019-17455
Libntlm through 1.5 relies on a fixed buffer size for tSmbNtlmAuthRequest, tSmbNtlmAuthChallenge, and tSmbNtlmAuthResponse read and write…
Critical9.8EPSS 3.1%
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- mitre
Description
Libntlm through 1.5 relies on a fixed buffer size for tSmbNtlmAuthRequest, tSmbNtlmAuthChallenge, and tSmbNtlmAuthResponse read and write operations, as demonstrated by a stack-based buffer over-read in buildSmbNtlmAuthRequest in smbutil.c for a crafted NTLM request.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.1% · top 12% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (10)
- https://gitlab.com/jas/libntlm/issues/2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2019/CVE-2019-17455.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-17455 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=942145 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200510 [SECURITY] [DLA 2207-1] libntlm security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0816 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0806 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- FEDORA-2020-8794383d6f (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2020-1f643c272c (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20211128 [SECURITY] [DLA 2831-1] libntlm security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .