ubuntu-cve-2019-14296
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2019-07-27 19:15
Modified
2025-10-24 04:47
Summary
Details

canUnpack in p_vmlinx.cpp in UPX 3.95 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (SEGV or buffer overflow, and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted UPX packed file.

Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "upx-ucl",
            "binary_version": "3.91-1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "upx-ucl",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/upx-ucl@3.91-1?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "3.91-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "upx-ucl",
            "binary_version": "3.94-4"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
        "name": "upx-ucl",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/upx-ucl@3.94-4?arch=source\u0026distro=bionic"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "3.94-2",
        "3.94-3",
        "3.94-4"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "canUnpack in p_vmlinx.cpp in UPX 3.95 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (SEGV or buffer overflow, and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted UPX packed file.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14296",
  "modified": "2025-10-24T04:47:44Z",
  "published": "2019-07-27T19:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-14296"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/upx/upx/issues/287"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/upx/upx/commit/276b748aa6021c38a2dc699153f61b10e76bc3d2"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-14296"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2019-14296"
  ]
}



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