CVE-2019-14850

LOWNVD 3.73.7—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This low-severity CVE scores 3.7 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.3%, top 47% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, nvd
3.7
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 2%CVSS: 3.7Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

A denial of service vulnerability was discovered in nbdkit 1.12.7, 1.14.1 and 1.15.1. An attacker could connect to the nbdkit service and cause it to perform a large amount of work in initializing backend plugins, by simply opening a connection to the service. This vulnerability could cause resource consumption and degradation of service in nbdkit, depending on the plugins configured on the server-side.

CVSS v3
3.7
EG Score
3.7(medium)
EPSS
72.9%
KEV
Not listed

Published

March 18, 2021

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

References (4)

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatnbdkit-0:1.8.0-3.el72020-03-31redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

All Vendor Advisories

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Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 7× in last 7d / 40× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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  43. 2026-05-26 19:37 UTCVendor advisory
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2019-14850?
CVE-2019-14850 is a low vulnerability published on March 18, 2021. A denial of service vulnerability was discovered in nbdkit 1.12.7, 1.14.1 and 1.15.1. An attacker could connect to the nbdkit service and cause it to perform a large amount of work in initializing backend plugins, by simply opening a connection to the service. This vulnerability could cause…
When was CVE-2019-14850 disclosed?
CVE-2019-14850 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on March 18, 2021, 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-2019-14850 actively exploited?
CVE-2019-14850 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 72.9% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2019-14850?
CVE-2019-14850 has a CVSS v3 base score of 3.7 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2019-14850?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2019-14850, 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.

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