CVE-2019-20503

MEDIUMNVD 6.56.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 6.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2022-05-24. NVD baseline CVSS 6.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
6.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 3%CVSS: 6.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

usrsctp before 2019-12-20 has out-of-bounds reads in sctp_load_addresses_from_init.

CVSS v3
6.5
EG Score
6.5(medium)
EG Risk
35(Track)
EG Risk 35/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity65% × 45%
Exploitation3% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
3%
EPSS %ILE
87%
KEV
Not listed

Published

March 6, 2020

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

References (76)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2019-20503(8)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(12)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntuxul-ext-lightning (1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.19.10.1) @ eoan2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntufirefox-mozsymbols (74.0+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1) @ xenial2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntuxul-ext-lightning (1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.2) @ xenial2026-05-23ubuntu
redhatchromium-browser-0:80.0.3987.149-1.el6_102020-04-01redhat
redhatthunderbird-0:68.6.0-1.el8_12020-03-23redhat
redhatthunderbird-0:68.6.0-1.el8_02020-03-23redhat
redhatthunderbird-0:68.6.0-1.el6_102020-03-23redhat
redhatthunderbird-0:68.6.0-1.el7_72020-03-19redhat
redhatfirefox-0:68.6.0-1.el6_102020-03-16redhat
redhatfirefox-0:68.6.0-1.el7_72020-03-16redhat
redhatfirefox-0:68.6.0-1.el8_12020-03-16redhat
redhatfirefox-0:68.6.0-1.el8_02020-03-16redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(24 across 7 ecosystems)
Debian:10(4)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
chromium73.0.3683.75-1 ... 80.0.3987.132-1~deb10u1 (27 versions)80.0.3987.149-1~deb10u1—
firefox-esr60.7.2esr-1 ... 68.6.0esr-1~deb9u1 (35 versions)68.6.0esr-1~deb10u1—
libusrsctp0.9.3.0+20190127-20.9.3.0+20190127-2+deb10u1—
thunderbird1:60.7.2-1 ... 1:68.6.0-1~deb9u1 (38 versions)1:68.6.0-1~deb10u1—
Debian:11(4)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
chromium—80.0.3987.149-1—
firefox-esr—68.6.0esr-1—
libusrsctp—0.9.3.0+20200312-1—
thunderbird—1:68.6.0-1—
Debian:12(4)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
chromium—80.0.3987.149-1—
firefox-esr—68.6.0esr-1—
libusrsctp—0.9.3.0+20200312-1—
thunderbird—1:68.6.0-1—
Debian:13(4)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
chromium—80.0.3987.149-1—
firefox-esr—68.6.0esr-1—
libusrsctp—0.9.3.0+20200312-1—
thunderbird—1:68.6.0-1—
Debian:14(4)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
chromium—80.0.3987.149-1—
firefox-esr—68.6.0esr-1—
libusrsctp—0.9.3.0+20200312-1—
thunderbird—1:68.6.0-1—
Debian:8(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
firefox-esr45.0.1esr-1 ... 68.5.0esr-1~deb9u1 (179 versions)68.6.0esr-1~deb8u1—
thunderbird1.5-4 ... 1:68.5.0-1~deb9u1 (118 versions)1:68.6.0-1~deb8u1—
Debian:9(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
firefox-esr45.9.0esr-1 ... 68.6.0esr-1~deb8u1 (142 versions)68.6.0esr-1~deb9u1—
thunderbird1.5-4 ... 1:68.6.0-1~deb8u1 (119 versions)1:68.6.0-1~deb9u1—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(5)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 6× in last 7d / 25× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2019-20503?
CVE-2019-20503 is a medium vulnerability published on March 6, 2020. usrsctp before 2019-12-20 has out-of-bounds reads in sctploadaddressesfrominit.
When was CVE-2019-20503 disclosed?
CVE-2019-20503 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on March 6, 2020, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2019-20503 actively exploited?
CVE-2019-20503 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 12.6% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2019-20503?
CVE-2019-20503 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2019-20503?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2019-20503, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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