High severity · published Apr 21, 2020
CVE-2019-8960
A Denial of Service vulnerability related to command handling has been identified in FlexNet Publisher lmadmin.exe version 11.16.2
7.5
CVSS
1.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A Denial of Service vulnerability related to command handling has been identified in FlexNet Publisher lmadmin.exe version 11.16.2. The message reading function used in lmadmin.exe can, given a certain message, call itself again and then wait for a further message. With a particular flag set in the original message, but no second message received, the function eventually return an unexpected value which leads to an exception being thrown. The end result can be process termination.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.3% · higher than 70% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FP
Flexnet Publisher · Flexera
11.16.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-8960
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-8960
Vendor Advisory
https://community.flexera.com/t5/FlexNet-Publisher-Knowledge-Base/CVE-2019-8960-remediated-in-FlexNet-Publisher/ta-p/124598/jump-to/first-unread-message
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