CVE-2019-11640

HIGH

GNU recutils <1.8 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm

An issue was discovered in GNU recutils 1.8. There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the function rec_fex_parse_str_simple at rec-fex.c in librec.a.

Core 2

Core References

Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

CVSS v3 8.8

EPSS 0.0020

EPSS Percentile 42.0%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-787

Status published

Products (1)

gnu/recutils 1.8

Published May 01, 2019

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026