Out-of-bounds Write The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package wget  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1204-WGET-342555
  • published5 Apr 2019
  • disclosed17 May 2019

Introduced: 5 Apr 2019

CVE-2019-5953  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:12.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wget package and not the wget package as distributed by Ubuntu.

Buffer overflow in GNU Wget 1.20.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) or may execute an arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.