CVE-2019-15514

Exp

The Privacy > Phone Number feature in the Telegram app 5.10 for Android and iOS provides an incorrect indication that the access level is Nobody, because attackers can find these numbers via the Group Info feature, e.g., by adding a significant fraction of a region's assigned phone numbers.

Published: 2019-08-23 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2019-15514 is rated High Exploit Risk (63.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.26%). 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-2019-15514

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-15514

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 3.33% 2.26% -1.07%
2 2025-10-17 5.05% 3.33% -1.72%
3 2025-06-10 5.05%

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-15514

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.3 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N 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:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
3.9 1.4 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N 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:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-15514

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-15514

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
telegram telegram 5.10.0 cpe:2.3:a:telegram:telegram:5.10.0:*:*:*:*:android:*:*
telegram telegram 5.10.0 cpe:2.3:a:telegram:telegram:5.10.0:*:*:*:*:iphone_os:*:*

References for CVE-2019-15514

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