THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2019-12822
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2019-12822

Goahead vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
8.8%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
In http.c in Embedthis GoAhead before 4.1.1 and 5.x before 5.0.1, a header parsing vulnerability causes a memory assertion, out-of-bounds memory reference, and potential DoS, as demonstrated by a colon on a line by itself.
Affected vendor
Embedthis
Affected product
Goahead
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
  • CWE-917 — Expression Language Injection
Published
2019-06-14

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 8.8% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2019-12822

  • Confirm whether Embedthis Goahead is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2019-12822.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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