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title: "CVE-2019-7629\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2019-7629

Publication date 18 February 2019

Last updated 26 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**9.8 · Critical**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-7629?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the strip\_vt102\_codes function in TinTin++
2.01.6 and WinTin++ 2.01.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary
code by sending a long message to the client.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| tintin++ | 26.04 LTS resolute | Fixed 2.01.5-2 |
| 25.10 questing | Fixed 2.01.5-2 |
| 25.04 plucky | Fixed 2.01.5-2 |
| 24.10 oracular | Fixed 2.01.5-2 |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Fixed 2.01.5-2 |
| 23.10 mantic | Fixed 2.01.5-2 |
| 23.04 lunar | Fixed 2.01.5-2 |
| 22.10 kinetic | Fixed 2.01.5-2 |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Fixed 2.01.5-2 |
| 21.10 impish | Fixed 2.01.5-2 |
| 21.04 hirsute | Fixed 2.01.5-2 |
| 20.10 groovy | Fixed 2.01.5-2 |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Fixed 2.01.5-2 |
| 19.10 eoan | Fixed 2.01.5-2 |
| 19.04 disco | Ignored end of life |
| 18.10 cosmic | Ignored end of life |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Needs evaluation |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Needs evaluation |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

9.8 · Critical

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | High |
  | Integrity impact | High |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 9.8 · Critical |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-7629)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-7629)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2019-7629)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-7629)

### Other references

* <https://tintin.sourceforge.io/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2584&sid=31b77bb001faea9269bf224280960e29#p10505>
* <https://tintin.sourceforge.io/news.php>
* <https://trustfoundry.net/cve-2019-7629-rce-in-an-open-source-mud-client/>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-7629>