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CVE-2019-20503 json

usrsctp before 2019-12-20 has out-of-bounds reads in sctp_load_addresses_from_init.

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-11047

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.1%
EPSS 3.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

usrsctp before 2019-12-20 has out-of-bounds reads in sctp_load_addresses_from_init.

Patch / fix

  • usrsctp_project usrsctp 0.9.4.0
  • chromium Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 80.0.3987.149-1
  • libusrsctp Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.9.3.0+20200312-1
  • firefox-esr Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 68.6.0esr-1
  • thunderbird Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:68.6.0-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-20503

  • firefox Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 74.0+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
  • firefox Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 74.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  • firefox Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 74.0+build3-0ubuntu1
  • thunderbird Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
  • thunderbird Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  • thunderbird Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 1:68.6.0+build2-0ubuntu1
  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 80.0.3987.149-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 80.0.3987.149-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-20503

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  • thunderbird RHEL 8 68.6.0-1.el8_1
  • thunderbird RHEL 6 68.6.0-1.el6_10
  • thunderbird RHEL 7 68.6.0-1.el7_7
  • firefox RHEL 8 68.6.0-1.el8_1
  • firefox RHEL 7 68.6.0-1.el7_7
  • firefox RHEL 6 68.6.0-1.el6_10
  • chromium-browser RHEL 6 EXTRAS 80.0.3987.149-1.el6_10
  • thunderbird RHEL 8.0 E4S 68.6.0-1.el8_0

red hat advisories RHSA-2020:0919RHSA-2020:0914RHSA-2020:0918RHSA-2020:0905RHSA-2020:0820RHSA-2020:0819

  • MozillaThunderbird SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP1 68.6.0-3.74.1
  • MozillaFirefox SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES for SAP 12 SP3 +16 more 68.6.0-109.110.1
  • MozillaFirefox SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP1 68.6.0-3.75.1
  • MozillaFirefox SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 68.6.0-78.64.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2020:0721-1SUSE-SU-2020:0717-1SUSE-SU-2020:0686-1SUSE-SU-2020:14312-1

  • firefox-esr openSUSE Tumbleweed 128.5.1-1.1
  • MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 92.0-1.2
  • MozillaThunderbird openSUSE Tumbleweed 91.1.1-1.1
  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 93.0.4577.82-1.1
  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 113.0.5672.92-1.1
  • chromium Package Hub 15 SP1 80.0.3987.149-bp151.3.63.3
  • MozillaThunderbird openSUSE Leap 15.1 68.6.0-lp151.2.28.1
  • chromium Package Hub 12 SP3, openSUSE Leap 15.1 80.0.3987.149-41.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10601-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10681-1openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1openSUSE-SU-2020:0389-1

  • firefox Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22, Alpine 3.21 +9 more 74.0-r0
  • mozjs68 Alpine 3.12 68.6.0-r0
  • chromium Alpine 3.11 80.0.3987.149-r0
  • librewolf Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +1 more 74.0-r0
  • firefox-esr Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22, Alpine 3.21 +10 more 68.6.0-r0
  • thunderbird Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22, Alpine 3.21 +5 more 68.6.0-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2019-20503

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  • usrsctp CBL-Mariner 2.0, Azure Linux 3.0 0.9.5.0-1

azure linux advisories AZL-35345AZL-9920

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

  • firefox Arch Linux 74.0-1
  • thunderbird Arch Linux 68.6.0-1
  • chromium Arch Linux 80.0.3987.149-1

arch linux advisories AVG-1112AVG-1115AVG-1118

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red hat product security vex CVE-2019-20503 updated cvss 6.1

usrsctp: Out of bounds reads in sctp_load_addresses_from_init()

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 firefox, thunderbird
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) firefox 68.6.0-1.el8_1, thunderbird 68.6.0-1.el8_1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:0820
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.0) firefox 68.6.0-1.el8_0, thunderbird 68.6.0-1.el8_0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:0819
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) firefox 68.6.0-1.el7_7, thunderbird 68.6.0-1.el7_7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) firefox 68.6.0-1.el7_7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:0815
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) firefox 68.6.0-1.el6_10, thunderbird 68.6.0-1.el6_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) firefox 68.6.0-1.el6_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:0816
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 80.0.3987.149-1.el6_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:1270
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) firefox 68.6.0-1.el6_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:0816
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 80.0.3987.149-1.el6_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:1270
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) firefox 68.6.0-1.el6_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:0816
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) firefox 68.6.0-1.el7_7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:0815
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) firefox 68.6.0-1.el6_10, thunderbird 68.6.0-1.el6_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:0816
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) firefox 68.6.0-1.el7_7, thunderbird 68.6.0-1.el7_7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:0815
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 80.0.3987.149-1.el6_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:1270
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) firefox 68.6.0-1.el6_10, thunderbird 68.6.0-1.el6_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:0816
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) firefox 68.6.0-1.el7_7, thunderbird 68.6.0-1.el7_7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:0815
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) firefox 68.6.0-1.el6_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:0816
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) firefox 68.6.0-1.el7_7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:0815
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 80.0.3987.149-1.el6_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:1270

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Exploit prediction

3.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • bugs.chromium.org https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1992 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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