CVE-2019-12159
GoHTTP through 2017-07-25 has a stack-based buffer over-read in the scan function (when called...
GoHTTP through 2017-07-25 has a stack-based buffer over-read in the scan function (when called from getRequestType) via a long URL.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
GoHTTP through 2017-07-25 has a stack-based buffer over-read in the scan function (when called from getRequestType) via a long URL.
- Record
CVE-2019-12159- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-125
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
GoHTTP through 2017-07-25 has a stack-based buffer over-read in the scan function (when called from getRequestType) via a long URL.
- Record
CVE-2019-12159- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-3808 No score
GoHTTP through 2017-07-25 has a stack-based buffer over-read in the scan function (when called from getRequestType) via a long URL.
- Record
EUVD-2019-3808- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5qfc-f4p5-x2wm
GoHTTP through 2017-07-25 has a stack-based buffer over-read in the scan function (when called...
GoHTTP through 2017-07-25 has a stack-based buffer over-read in the scan function (when called from getRequestType) via a long URL.
- Record
GHSA-5qfc-f4p5-x2wm- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-125
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-12159 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Gohttp Project Gohttp, published May 17, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.34%, the 71st percentile. No source names a fixed version.