CVE-2019-16787
In NatHack between 3.6.0 and 3.6.3, a buffer overflow issue exists when reading very long lines...
DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: CVE-2019-19905. Reason: This candidate is a duplicate of CVE-2019-19905. Notes: All CVE users should reference CVE-2019-19905 instead of this candidate. All references and descriptions in this candidate have been removed to prevent accidental usage
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
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
What each source reports
OSV Score usedUBUNTU-CVE-2019-16787
Rejected reason: DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: CVE-2019-19905. Reason: This candidate is a duplicate of CVE-2019-19905. Notes: All CVE users should reference CVE-2019-19905 instead of this candidate. All references and descriptions in this candidate have been removed to prevent accidental usage
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2019-16787- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: CVE-2019-19905. Reason: This candidate is a duplicate of CVE-2019-19905. Notes: All CVE users should reference CVE-2019-19905 instead of this candidate. All references and descriptions in this candidate have been removed to prevent accidental usage
- Record
CVE-2019-16787- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-7300 No score
DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: CVE-2019-19905. Reason: This candidate is a duplicate of CVE-2019-19905. Notes: All CVE users should reference CVE-2019-19905 instead of this candidate. All references and descriptions in this candidate have been removed to prevent accidental usage
- Record
EUVD-2019-7300- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3wxh-43c2-qm9r No score
In NatHack between 3.6.0 and 3.6.3, a buffer overflow issue exists when reading very long lines...
In NatHack between 3.6.0 and 3.6.3, a buffer overflow issue exists when reading very long lines from a NetHack configuration file (usually named .nethackrc). This vulnerability affects systems that have NetHack installed suid/sgid and shared systems that allow users to upload their own configuration files. All users are urged to upgrade to NetHack 3.6.4 as soon as possible.
- Record
GHSA-3wxh-43c2-qm9r- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD No score
Rejected reason: DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: CVE-2019-19905. Reason: This candidate is a duplicate of CVE-2019-19905. Notes: All CVE users should reference CVE-2019-19905 instead of this candidate. All references and descriptions in this candidate have been removed to prevent accidental usage
- Record
CVE-2019-16787- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected packages
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-2019-16787 has been rejected by its source and should not be treated as a live vulnerability, published December 20, 2019.
References
github.com/NetHack/NetHack/security/advisories/GHSA-3cm7-rgh5-9pq5
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16787
nethack.org/security
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-16787
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-16787