CVE-2019-13173

mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.024 · 84 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

2.42% (84th) EPSS

CVSS 6.4 · medium

Is it mine?

17 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

fstream before 1.0.12 is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Overwrite. Extracting tarballs containing a hardlink to a file that already exists in the system, and a file that matches the hardlink, will overwrite the system's file with the contents of the extracted file. The fstream.DirWriter() function is vulnerable.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.4–7.5

v2.06.4mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 4.9

v3.07.5highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v3.07.5highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nsecondary · OSV

v3.06.9mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.17.5highAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-59USprimaryCWE-20USCWE-59US

affected products (17)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
Canonical Ltd. Ubuntu≤ 19.04fstec_bduRU
Canonical Ltd. Ubuntu≤ 18.04 LTSfstec_bduRU
Node.js Foundation fstream≤ 1.0.12fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. OpenSUSE Leap≤ 15.1fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. OpenSUSE Leap≤ 15.0fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. SUSE Enterprise Storage≤ 4fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Web Scripting≤ 12fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Web Scripting≤ 15 SP1fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Web Scripting≤ 15fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications≤ 11 SP4-LTSSfstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. SUSE OpenStack Cloud≤ Crowbar 8fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. SUSE OpenStack Cloud≤ Crowbar 9fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. SUSE OpenStack Cloud≤ 7fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. Suse Linux Enterprise Server≤ 11 SP4-LTSSfstec_bduRU
fstream project fstream< 1.0.12nvdUScpe:2.3:a:fstream_project:fstream:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
npm fstream< 1.0.12osvUSpkg:npm/fstream

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-xf7w-r453-m56cArbitrary File Overwrite in fstream2019-05-30ghsa · osvUS
Versions of `fstream` prior to 1.0.12 are vulnerable to Arbitrary File Overwrite. Extracting tarballs containing a hardlink to a file that already exists in the system and a file that matches the hardlink will overwrite the system's file with the contents of the extracted file. The `fstream.DirWriter()` function is vulnerable. ## Recommendation Upgrade to version 1.0.12 or later.

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2019-07-02modified 2026-06-17

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references (29)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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