CVE-2019-9578 Information disclosure in n/a
High 7.5
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-9578 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2019-9578 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 5 Mar 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-9578 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-9578/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-9578/index.md)
A parsing error in the U2F host library leaks uninitialized stack memory to the device, potentially exposing sensitive data.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2019-9578?
CVE-2019-9578 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 5 Mar 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In devs.c in Yubico libu2f-host before 1.1.8, the response to init is misparsed, leaking uninitialized stack memory back to the device.
Weakness: CWE-908
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-9578?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Yubico Libu2f-Host.
How do I fix CVE-2019-9578?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2019-9578 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-9578 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-9578, GHSA-6c8w-rwwq-6qqh, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-9578.