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Vulnerability details: VCID-bwbc-ksys-wkgs
Vulnerability ID VCID-bwbc-ksys-wkgs
Aliases CVE-2019-17040
Summary contrib/pmdb2diag/pmdb2diag.c in Rsyslog v8.1908.0 allows out-of-bounds access because the level length is mishandled.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.8
Risk 4.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
System Score Found at
cvssv3 7.5 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2019-17040.json
epss 0.005 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-17040
epss 0.005 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-17040
epss 0.005 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-17040
epss 0.005 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-17040
epss 0.005 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-17040
epss 0.005 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-17040
epss 0.005 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-17040
epss 0.005 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-17040
epss 0.005 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-17040
epss 0.005 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-17040
epss 0.005 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-17040
epss 0.005 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-17040
epss 0.005 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-17040
epss 0.005 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-17040
epss 0.005 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-17040
epss 0.005 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-17040
epss 0.005 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-17040
epss 0.005 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-17040
epss 0.00503 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-17040
epss 0.00503 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-17040
epss 0.00503 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-17040
epss 0.00503 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-17040
epss 0.00503 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-17040
epss 0.00503 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-17040
epss 0.00503 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-17040
epss 0.00503 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-17040
epss 0.00503 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-17040
cvssv2 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17040
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17040
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2019-17040.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-17040
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-17040
https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/blob/v8-stable/ChangeLog
https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/pull/3875
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KPNCHI7X2IEXRH6RYD6IDPR4PLB5RPC7/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W6SUQE25RD37CD24BHKUWMG27U5RQ2FU/
1766641 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1766641
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:8.1908.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:8.1908.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2019-17040 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17040
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2019-17040.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17040
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17040
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.64921
EPSS Score 0.005
Published At July 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:28:21.513548+00:00 Alpine Linux Importer Import https://secdb.alpinelinux.org/v3.18/main.json 37.0.0