What is the CVSS score of CVE-2019-16165?

CVE-2019-16165 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.5 (Medium). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H. EPSS exploitation probability: 1.1%.

Cflow CVE-2019-16165

MEDIUM

Use After Free (CWE-416)

2019-09-09 cve@mitre.org

Use After Free Information Disclosure Memory Corruption Cflow

6.5

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

6.5 MEDIUM

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

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Sep 09, 2019 - 17:15 nvd

MEDIUM 6.5

DescriptionNVD

GNU cflow through 1.6 has a use-after-free in the reference function in parser.c.

AnalysisAI

GNU cflow through 1.6 has a use-after-free in the reference function in parser.c. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), 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. GNU cflow through 1.6 has a use-after-free in the reference function in parser.c. Affected products include: Gnu Cflow. Version information: through 1.6.

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.