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CVE-2019-5481 cURL

Affected softwarecURL
Severity9.8 Critical CVSS 3.1 3 scores
WeaknessCWE-415
Published16 Sep 2019
Updated14 Oct 2026

Description

Double-free vulnerability in the FTP-kerberos code in cURL 7.52.0 to 7.65.3.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 7 years ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment exploitation: none
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 7.5% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

Outside Waratek scope

A Java vulnerability, but not one Waratek protects. It affects only Java on a user's desktop (applets, Web Start, JavaFX, the installer), sits in a product the Waratek agent can't be installed into, or is in a package we don't expect in business applications. The decision below says which.

  • Protection none
  • Action not pursued none
  • Review human Researcher
  • Record active
Decided by Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset
Finding A manual classification set this CVE's status to Outside Waratek scope, but the CVE names a tracked product.

CVSS

9.8 CRITICAL v3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 3 metrics

We show the highest score from the newest CVSS version. Scores from different versions can't be compared, and the first score listed is sometimes a 0.0 placeholder.

VersionScoreBandVectorAssignerType
CVSS 3.1 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H NVD Primary published
CVSS 3.1 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CISA-ADP Secondary
CVSS 2.0 7.5 none AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P NVD Primary

Affected software and releases

Products and versions

12 products, 23 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd debian debian linux generic 9.0 · 10.0
nvd fedoraproject fedora generic 29 · 30 · 31
nvd haxx curl generic ≥ 7.52.0 and ≤ 7.65.3
nvd netapp cloud backup generic any version
nvd netapp solidfire baseboard management controller firmware generic any version
nvd netapp steelstore generic any version
nvd opensuse leap generic 15.0 · 15.1
nvd oracle communications operations monitor generic 3.4 · 4.0 · 4.1 · 4.2 · 4.3
nvd oracle communications session border controller generic 8.3 · 8.4
nvd oracle enterprise manager ops center generic 12.3.3 · 12.4.0
nvd oracle mysql server generic ≥ 5.7.0 and ≤ 5.7.28 · ≥ 8.0.0 and ≤ 8.0.18
nvd oracle oss support tools generic 20.0

References

URLTags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00048.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00055.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2019-5481.html Vendor Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6CI4QQ2RSZX4VCFM76SIWGKY6BY7UWIC/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RGDVKSLY5JUNJRLYRUA6CXGQ2LM63XC3/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UA7KDM2WPM5CJDDGOEGFV6SSGD2J7RNT/
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Feb/36 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-29 Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0003/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4633 Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published2019-09-16By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-10-14NVD's own last-modified date for this record.