CVE-2019-13617

MEDIUM

NGINX <0.3.3 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

njs through 0.3.3, used in NGINX, has a heap-based buffer over-read in nxt_vsprintf in nxt/nxt_sprintf.c during error handling, as demonstrated by an njs_regexp_literal call that leads to an njs_parser_lexer_error call and then an njs_parser_scope_error call.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/nginx/njs/issues/174
Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=15093

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0029
EPSS Percentile 52.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-125
Status published
Products (1)
f5/njs < 0.3.3
Published Jul 16, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026