When was CVE-2019-12257 disclosed?

CVE-2019-12257 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 9, 2019, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2019-12257 actively exploited?

CVE-2019-12257 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 96.1% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2019-12257?

CVE-2019-12257 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2019-12257?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2019-12257, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2019-12257

HIGHNVD 8.88.8—

8.8

Wind River VxWorks 6.6 through 6.9 has a Buffer Overflow in the DHCP client component. There is an IPNET security vulnerability: Heap overflow in DHCP Offer/ACK parsing inside ipdhcpc.

CVSS v3: 8.8
EG Score: 8.8(medium)
EPSS: 96.1%
KEV: Not listed

References (16)

cve@mitrehttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-189842.pdf
cve@mitrehttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-632562.pdf
cve@mitrehttps://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2019-0009
cve@mitrehttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190802-0001/
cve@mitrehttps://support.f5.com/csp/article/K41190253
cve@mitrehttps://support2.windriver.com/index.php?page=cve&on=view&id=CVE-2019-12257
cve@mitrehttps://support2.windriver.com/index.php?page=security-notices
cve@mitrehttps://www.windriver.com/security/announcements/tcp-ip-network-stack-ipnet-urgent11/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-189842.pdf
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-632562.pdf
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2019-0009
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190802-0001/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K41190253
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support2.windriver.com/index.php?page=cve&on=view&id=CVE-2019-12257
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support2.windriver.com/index.php?page=security-notices

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