CVE-2019-14531

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An issue was discovered in The Sleuth Kit (TSK) 4.6.6. There is an out of bounds read on iso9660 while parsing System Use Sharing Protocol data in fs/iso9660.c.

Published: 2019-08-02 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2019-14531 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.6/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.40%). 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-2019-14531

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-14531

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 2025-03-30 1.28% 0.40% -0.87%
2 2025-03-29 0.40% 1.28% +0.87%
3 2025-03-17 0.40%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-14531

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.8 3.0 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.0/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-2019-14531

OS Trackers for CVE-2019-14531

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2019-14531 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (sleuthkit), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): open 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-14531
ubuntu low CVE-2019-14531 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (sleuthkit), 18 status rows across 18 suites (bionic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): ignored 10, needed 7, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-14531

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-14531

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sleuthkit the_sleuth_kit 4.6.6 cpe:2.3:a:sleuthkit:the_sleuth_kit:4.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2019-14531

URL Tags
https://github.com/sleuthkit/sleuthkit/issues/1576 Exploit Third Party Advisory
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