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CVE-2019-16279A memory error in the function SSL_accept in nostromo nhttpd through 1.9.6 allows an attacker to trigger a denial of service via a crafted…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 19.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
A memory error in the function SSL_accept in nostromo nhttpd through 1.9.6 allows an attacker to trigger a denial of service via a crafted HTTP request.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 31 days later
· 31 days later
Published
- 5 years later
· 5 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 19.8% · top 2.5% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References3
- http://www.nazgul.ch/dev/nostromo_cl.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://sp0re.sh (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://git.sp0re.sh/sp0re/Nhttpd-exploits (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2019-7078 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2019-16279)Record last updated .