CVE-2019-12412

Publication date 30 September 2019

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

A flaw in the libapreq2 v2.07 to v2.13 multipart parser can deference a null pointer leading to a process crash. A remote attacker could send a request causing a process crash which could lead to a denial of service attack.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that libapreq2 did not properly sanitize the Content-Type field in certain, crafted HTTP requests. An attacker could use the vulnerability to cause libapreq2 to crash.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libapreq2	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	21.10 impish	Not affected
	21.04 hirsute	Not affected
	20.10 groovy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	19.10 eoan	Ignored end of life
	19.04 disco	Ignored end of life
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 2.13-7~deb10u1build0.18.04.1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 2.13-4ubuntu2+esm1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 2.13-3ubuntu2+esm1

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H