Out-of-bounds Write Affecting mcpp package, versions <2.7.2-5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (35th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2210-MCPP-3078514
  • published26 Jul 2019
  • disclosed26 Jul 2019

Introduced: 26 Jul 2019

CVE-2019-14274  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:22.10 mcpp to version 2.7.2-5 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mcpp package and not the mcpp package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:22.10 relevant fixed versions and status.

MCPP 2.7.2 has a heap-based buffer overflow in the do_msg() function in support.c.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1