CVE-2019-16235

Exp

Dino before 2019-09-10 does not properly check the source of a carbons message in module/xep/0280_message_carbons.vala.

Published: 2019-09-11 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2019-16235 is rated High Exploit Risk (70/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.38%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.06% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2019-16235

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-16235

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 0.32% 1.38% +1.06%
2 2025-11-21 0.73% 0.32% -0.41%
3 2025-11-18 — 0.73% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-16235

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/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:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-16235

OS Trackers for CVE-2019-16235

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2019-16235 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (dino-im), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-16235
ubuntu medium CVE-2019-16235 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (dino-im), 16 status rows across 16 suites (bionic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, trusty, upstream, xenial): ignored 8, not-affected 4, DNE 2, released 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-16235

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-16235

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
dino dino < 0.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:dino:dino:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 18.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 29 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 30 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 31 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 10.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2019-16235

URL Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/12/5 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/dino/dino/commit/e84f2c49567e86d2a261ea264d65c4adc549c930 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://gultsch.de/dino_multiple.html Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5TMGQ5Q6QMIFG4NVUWMOWW3GIPGWQZVF/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WZBNQAOBWTIOKNO4PIYNX624ACGUXSXQ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YUBM7GDZBB6MZZALDWYRAPNV6HJNLNMC/
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/31 Issue Tracking Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4306-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4524 Third Party Advisory
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