UBUNTU-CVE-2019-5953

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-5953
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-5953.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-5953
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Published
2019-04-04T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:45:16Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / wget

Package

Name
wget
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/wget@1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.5?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.5

Affected versions

1.*

1.14-2ubuntu1
1.14-5ubuntu1
1.15-1ubuntu1
1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.1
1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.2
1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.3
1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "wget",
            "binary_version": "1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.5"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / wget

Package

Name
wget
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/wget@1.17.1-1ubuntu1.5?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.17.1-1ubuntu1.5

Affected versions

1.*

1.16.1-1ubuntu1
1.17.1-1ubuntu1
1.17.1-1ubuntu1.1
1.17.1-1ubuntu1.2
1.17.1-1ubuntu1.3
1.17.1-1ubuntu1.4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "wget",
            "binary_version": "1.17.1-1ubuntu1.5"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / wget

Package

Name
wget
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/wget@1.19.4-1ubuntu2.2?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.19.4-1ubuntu2.2

Affected versions

1.*

1.19.1-3ubuntu1
1.19.1-3ubuntu1.1
1.19.2-1ubuntu1
1.19.3-2ubuntu1
1.19.4-1ubuntu2
1.19.4-1ubuntu2.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "wget",
            "binary_version": "1.19.4-1ubuntu2.2"
        }
    ]
}