CVE-2019-11455

Exp

A buffer over-read in Util_urlDecode in util.c in Tildeslash Monit before 5.25.3 allows a remote authenticated attacker to retrieve the contents of adjacent memory via manipulation of GET or POST parameters. The attacker can also cause a denial of service (application outage).

Published: 2019-04-22 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2019-11455 is rated High Exploit Risk (77/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.04%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2019-11455

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-11455

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-29 1.83% 2.04% +0.20%
2 2026-02-05 1.87% 1.83% -0.04%
3 2025-12-24 — 1.87% —

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-11455

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.1 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 5.2 [email protected]
5.5 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.0 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-11455

OS Trackers for CVE-2019-11455

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2019-11455 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (monit), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-11455
ubuntu medium CVE-2019-11455 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (monit), 14 status rows across 14 suites (bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 7, released 5, ignored 1, needed 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-11455

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-11455

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
tildeslash monit < 5.25.3 cpe:2.3:a:tildeslash:monit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 31 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 32 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 18.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 19.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2019-11455

URL Tags
https://bitbucket.org/tildeslash/monit/commits/f12d0cdb42d4e74dffe1525d4062c815c48ac57a Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/dzflack/exploits/blob/master/macos/monit_dos.py Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/dzflack/exploits/blob/master/unix/monit_buffer_overread.py Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00028.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00018.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HZQDHRSKTEX5MSYXNCGFTUSFGANBARHX/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/L475QJMFFI2QV5QEHAKKPVX6QX6ECUL6/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3971-1/ Patch Third Party Advisory
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