CVE-2019-8961
mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.018 · 78 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A Denial of Service vulnerability related to stack exhaustion has been identified in FlexNet Publisher lmadmin.exe 11.16.2. Because the message reading function calls itself recursively given a certain condition in the received message, an unauthenticated remote attacker can repeatedly send messages of that type to cause a stack exhaustion condition.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
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- https://community.flexera.com/t5/FlexNet-Publisher-Knowledge-Base/CVE-2019-8961-remediated-in-FlexNet-Publisher/ta-p/124601/jump-to/first-unread-messagecnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-8961cnnvd
- https://community.flexera.com/t5/FlexNet-Publisher-Knowledge-Base/CVE-2019-8961-remediated-in-FlexNet-Publisher/ta-p/124601/jump-to/first-unread-messageenisa_euvd
- https://community.flexera.com/t5/FlexNet-Publisher-Knowledge-Base/CVE-2019-8961-remediated-in-FlexNet-Publisher/ta-p/124601/jump-to/first-unread-messageVendor Advisorynvd
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