CVE-2019-5953: GNU Wget

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 5.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in GNU Wget 1.20.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) or may execute an arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

• GNU Wget: up to and including 1.20.1

Published 2019-05-17. Last modified 2026-06-17.