Reachable assertion in nbdkit
Priority LOW 31CWE-617Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-617.
Summary
A denial of service vulnerability was discovered in nbdkit. A client issuing a certain sequence of commands could possibly trigger an assertion failure, causing nbdkit to exit. This issue only affected nbdkit versions 1.12.7, 1.14.1, and 1.15.1.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00988 62nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nbdkit | nbdkit 1.12.8, nbdkit 1.14.2, nbdkit 1.15.2 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- nbdkit Vendor— Affected nbdkit 1.12.8, nbdkit 1.14.2, nbdkit 1.15.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:nbdkit_project:nbdkit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 1.12.7; 1.14.0 to before 1.14.1; 1.15.0 to before 1.15.1 | Vulnerable | Nbdkit Project |
- cpe:2.3:a:nbdkit_project:nbdkit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.12.7; 1.14.0 to before 1.14.1; 1.15.0 to before 1.15.1 Vulnerable ·Nbdkit Project
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 4 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Advanced Virtualization
- Red Hat Virtualization 4
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-14851
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hj75-x8cx-fm4w
References
More Nbdkit Project Nbdkit vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-30209 Nbd: nbdkit: integer overflow triggers an assertion resulting in denial of service CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2025-30208 Nbdkit: nbdkit-server: off-by-one error when processing block status may lead to a denial of service CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2019-11054 A denial of service vulnerability was discovered in nbdkit 1.12.7, 1.14.1 and 1.15.1. CVSS 3.1LOW 3.7
- TI-2021-02650 A flaw was found in nbdkit due to to improperly caching plaintext state across the… CVSS 3.1LOW 3.1
Sources
- CVE-2019-14851 · CVE Program
- CVE-2019-14851 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-hj75-x8cx-fm4w · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2019-14851 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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