CVE-2019-5953
CRITICAL9.8EPSS 1.5%wget - security update
Published: 5/17/2019Modified: 12/3/2025
Also known as:ALPINE-CVE-2019-5953DEBIAN-CVE-2019-5953
Description
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.
Affected packages (4)
- Alpine/wgetfrom 0, < 1.20.3-r0
- Debian/wgetfrom 0, < 1.20.1-1.1
- Debian/wgetfrom 0, < 1.16-1+deb8u6
- Debian/wgetfrom 0, < 1.18-5+deb9u3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |