Security advisory

{
  "id": "8232b2453ce303186bcf36ffcbd011088724b0861842d8146a5eaf06ca13cfe4",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-17040",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2019-17040",
    "summary": "contrib/pmdb2diag/pmdb2diag.c in Rsyslog v8.1908.0 allows out-of-bounds access because the level length is mishandled.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2019-17040",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2019-17040",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2019-17040"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "e7d081a363578e20245bfeeaad42d4a1c4a3ce47"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "e7d081a363578e20245bfeeaad42d4a1c4a3ce47"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:8.1908.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "8.1908.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "8.1908.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "8.1908.0",
            "v8.1908.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-17040.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:52:28.007523473Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/blob/v8-stable/ChangeLog",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KPNCHI7X2IEXRH6RYD6IDPR4PLB5RPC7/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W6SUQE25RD37CD24BHKUWMG27U5RQ2FU/",
        "https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/pull/3875"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2019-17040",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 383661,
  "published_at": "2019-09-30T14:15:14.873+00:00"
}