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high 7.5

CVE-2019-16161 json

Onigmo through 6.2.0 has a NULL pointer dereference in onig_error_code_to_str because of fetch_token in regparse.c.

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-6981

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.1%
EPSS 2.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 81%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Onigmo through 6.2.0 has a NULL pointer dereference in onig_error_code_to_str because of fetch_token in regparse.c.

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red hat product security vex CVE-2019-16161 updated cvss 7.5

onigmo: NULL pointer dereference in onig_error_code_to_str because of fetch_token in regparse.c

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ruby, ruby-irb, rubygems, ruby-libs, ruby-tcltk, rubygem-json, +6 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 ruby, ruby-irb, rubygems, ruby-libs, rubygem-pg, rubygem-irb, +25 more Red Hat Software Collections rh-ruby24-ruby, rh-ruby25-ruby, rh-ruby26-ruby, rh-ruby24-ruby-irb, rh-ruby24-rubygems, rh-ruby25-ruby-irb, +46 more
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 php, php53 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 php, php-gd, php-cli, php-dba, php-fpm, php-pdo, +21 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 php, php-gd, php-cli, php-dba, php-fpm, php-pdo, +18 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 php, libzip, php-gd, php-cli, php-dba, php-dbg, +31 more Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 oniguruma Red Hat Software Collections rh-php72-php, rh-php73-php, rh-php72-php-gd, rh-php73-php-gd, rh-php72-php-cli, rh-php72-php-dba, +50 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

2.07% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/k-takata/Onigmo/issues/132 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/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

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