What is the CVSS score of CVE-2019-16140?

CVE-2019-16140 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8 (Critical). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. EPSS exploitation probability: 1.6%.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2019-16140?

Yes, a patch is available for CVE-2019-16140. Update the affected software to the latest version immediately.

Isahc CVE-2019-16140

CRITICAL

Use After Free (CWE-416)

2019-09-09 cve@mitre.org

Use After Free Information Disclosure Memory Corruption Isahc

9.8

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

9.8 CRITICAL

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Sep 09, 2019 - 12:15 nvd

CRITICAL 9.8

DescriptionNVD

An issue was discovered in the chttp crate before 0.1.3 for Rust. There is a use-after-free during buffer conversion.

AnalysisAI

An issue was discovered in the chttp crate before 0.1.3 for Rust. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Use After Free (CWE-416), which allows attackers to access freed memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application. An issue was discovered in the chttp crate before 0.1.3 for Rust. There is a use-after-free during buffer conversion. Affected products include: Isahc Project Isahc. Version information: before 0.1.3.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Use smart pointers or garbage-collected languages. Set pointers to NULL after freeing. Enable memory sanitizers.