CVE-2019-20799
In Cherokee through 1.2.104, multiple memory corruption errors may be used by a remote attacker...
In Cherokee through 1.2.104, multiple memory corruption errors may be used by a remote attacker to destabilize the work of a server.
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
In Cherokee through 1.2.104, multiple memory corruption errors may be used by a remote attacker to destabilize the work of a server.
- Record
CVE-2019-20799- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/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-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
In Cherokee through 1.2.104, multiple memory corruption errors may be used by a remote attacker to destabilize the work of a server.
- Record
CVE-2019-20799- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-11336 No score
In Cherokee through 1.2.104, multiple memory corruption errors may be used by a remote attacker to destabilize the work of a server.
- Record
EUVD-2019-11336- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j2jw-2c2w-rpfh
In Cherokee through 1.2.104, multiple memory corruption errors may be used by a remote attacker...
In Cherokee through 1.2.104, multiple memory corruption errors may be used by a remote attacker to destabilize the work of a server.
- Record
GHSA-j2jw-2c2w-rpfh- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-119, CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
In Cherokee through 1.2.104, multiple memory corruption errors may be used by a remote attacker to destabilize the work of a server.
- Record
CVE-2019-20799- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-20799 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Cherokee-project Cherokee, published May 17, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.35%, the 83rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
logicaltrust.net/blog/2019/11/cherokee.html
github.com/cherokee/webserver/issues/1226
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-09
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-20799