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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2019-14459

nfdump 1.6.17 and earlier is affected by an integer overflow in the function Process_ipfix_template_withdraw in ipfix.c that can be abused in order to crash the process remotely (denial of service).

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31 Oct 2026, 12:35 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2019-14459

core-osv · Original source

Published 31 Jul 2019, 21:15 UTC

nfdump 1.6.17 and earlier is affected by an integer overflow in the function Process_ipfix_template_withdraw in ipfix.c that can be abused in order to crash the process remotely (denial of service).

osv:CVE-2019-14459
Complete source record
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