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| Vulnerability ID | VCID-dzz1-fqru-8yfm |
| Aliases |
CVE-2019-12953
|
| Summary | Dropbear 2011.54 through 2018.76 has an inconsistent failure delay that may lead to revealing valid usernames, a different issue than CVE-2018-15599. |
| Status | Published |
| Exploitability | 0.5 |
| Weighted Severity | 4.8 |
| Risk | 2.4 |
| Affected and Fixed Packages | Package Details |
| CWE-203 | Observable Discrepancy |
| Reference id | Reference type | URL |
|---|---|---|
| https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-12953 | ||
| https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-12953 | ||
| https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/CHANGES | ||
| 1009062 | https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1009062 | |
| cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| CVE-2019-12953 | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12953 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Percentile | 0.45803 |
| EPSS Score | 0.00231 |
| Published At | Sept. 9, 2025, 12:55 p.m. |
| Date | Actor | Action | Source | VulnerableCode Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-31T10:13:58.869464+00:00 | NVD Importer | Import | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12953 | 37.0.0 |