CVE-2019-11834

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Published: 2019-05-09 Last update: 2025-07-22 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2019-11834 is rated High Exploit Risk (78.3/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.62%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: 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-2019-11834

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-11834

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 2025-11-21 0.76% 0.62% -0.13%
2 2025-11-18 0.62% 0.76% +0.13%
3 2025-05-12 0.62%

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-11834

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.8 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
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:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
3.9 5.9 [email protected]
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-11834

OS Trackers for CVE-2019-11834

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2019-11834 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (cjson), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-11834
ubuntu medium CVE-2019-11834 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (cjson), 7 status rows across 7 suites (bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 3, ignored 2, needs-triage 1, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-11834

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-11834

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
davegamble cjson < 1.7.11 cpe:2.3:a:davegamble:cjson:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle timesten_in-memory_database < 18.1.3.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:timesten_in-memory_database:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2019-11834

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