Out-of-bounds Write Affecting wget package, versions [,1.20.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.06% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WGET-2336112
  • published12 Jan 2022
  • disclosed17 May 2019
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 17 May 2019

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

How to fix?

Upgrade wget to version 1.20.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write. 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.

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