CVE-2019-1853

mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.016 · 75 %ileEURUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
—
no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
1.56% (75th) EPSS
CVSS 5 · medium
Is it mine?
4 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
5 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cisco_csaf

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A vulnerability in the HostScan component of Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Linux could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to read sensitive information on an affected system. The vulnerability exists because the affected software performs improper bounds checks. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by crafting HTTP traffic for the affected component to download and process. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read sensitive information on the affected system.

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remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

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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 · 4.8–7.5

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9
v3.07.5highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6
v3.04.8mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.04.8mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Nsecondary · Cisco PSIRT US
v3.04.8mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Nsecondary · psirt@cisco.com USexploitability 2.2 · impact 2.5
v3.06.9mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
v3.14.8mediumAV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
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ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-125USprimaryCWE-125US
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affected products (4)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • cisco-sa-20190515-anyconnectclient-oob-readCisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Linux Out-of-Bounds Memory Read Vulnerability2019-05-15csaf · cisco_csafUS

    A vulnerability in the HostScan component of Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Linux could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to read sensitive information on an affected system. The vulnerability exists because the affected software performs improper bounds checks. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by crafting HTTP traffic for the affected component to download and process. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read sensitive information on the affected system. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability. This advisory is available at the following link: https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190515-anyconnectclient-oob-read ["https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190515-anyconnectclient-oob-read"]

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also known as (4)

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvdenisa_euvdfstec_bducisco_csafnvdNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2019-05-16modified 2026-06-17
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references (11)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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