An issue was discovered in the ROS communications-related packages (aka ros_comm or ros-melodic-ros-comm) through 1.14.3. parseOptions() in tools/rosbag/src/record.cpp has an integer overflow when a crafted split option can be entered on the command line.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2019-13445 is rated High Exploit Risk (84/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.21%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.69% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 2026-06-15 | 0.53% | 2.21% | +1.69% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 1.02% | 0.53% | -0.50% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 1.02% | — |
Full EPSS history (13 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.8 | 3.1 | CRITICAL |
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3.9 | 5.9 | [email protected] |
| 7.5 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2019-13445 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (ros-ros-comm), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-13445 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2019-13445 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (ros-ros-comm), 18 status rows across 18 suites (bionic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 8, DNE 5, needs-triage 3, ignored 2. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-13445 |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/ros/ros_comm/blob/melodic-devel/tools/rosbag/src/record.cpp#L129 | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/ros/ros_comm/issues/1738 | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/ros/ros_comm/pull/1741 | Patch Third Party Advisory |