CVE-2019-17040 (GCVE-0-2019-17040)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-09-30 13:06 – Updated: 2024-08-05 01:24
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
contrib/pmdb2diag/pmdb2diag.c in Rsyslog v8.1908.0 allows out-of-bounds access because the level length is mishandled.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
4 references
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