{"cve":"CVE-2019-14850","nvd":{"published":"2021-03-18T19:15:12.933","modified":"2026-06-17T02:19:09.953","status":"Modified","description":"A denial of service vulnerability was discovered in nbdkit 1.12.7, 1.14.1 and 1.15.1. An attacker could connect to the nbdkit service and cause it to perform a large amount of work in initializing backend plugins, by simply opening a connection to the service. This vulnerability could cause resource consumption and degradation of service in nbdkit, depending on the plugins configured on the server-side.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L","score":3.7},"cwes":["CWE-406"],"references":["https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1757258","https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2019-September/msg00084.html","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1757258","https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2019-September/msg00084.html"],"products":["nbdkit_project:nbdkit","redhat:enterprise_linux","redhat:enterprise_linux_server","redhat:virtualization"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:15:50.279857260+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2019-14850","score":0.01601,"percentile":0.75808,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}