TI-2019-08709 Aliases CVE-2019-11639 GHSA-wq66-mg6q-8m55

An issue was discovered in GNU recutils 1.8.

MEDIUM 42CWE-787Published 2019-05-01 · Updated 2024-08-04

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-787 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

An issue was discovered in GNU recutils 1.8. There is a stack-based buffer overflow in the function rec_type_check_enum at rec-types.c in librec.a.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0189 79th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:recutils:1.8:::::::*	1.8	Vulnerable	GNU

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:recutils:1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.8 Vulnerable ·GNU

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product

Red Hat

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-11639
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wq66-mg6q-8m55

References

Exploit 1

https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/blob/master/recutils/bug-report-recutils

Advisory 1

https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/recutils/bug-report-recutils/recfix

TI-2025-40351 A divide-by-zero in the encryption/decryption routines of GNU Recutils v1.9 allows… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2019-08710 An issue was discovered in GNU recutils 1.8. CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
TI-2019-08708 An issue was discovered in GNU recutils 1.8. CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.5
TI-2019-08707 An issue was discovered in GNU recutils 1.8. CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.5
TI-2019-04523 An issue was discovered in GNU Recutils 1.8. CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.5
TI-2019-04527 An issue was discovered in GNU Recutils 1.8. CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.5

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Sources

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