CVE Catalog

CVE-2019-3862

HighCVSS 7.3
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Very high risk
7.90%

95th percentile - higher than 95% of all known CVEs

Summary

An out-of-bounds read flaw was discovered in libssh2 before 1.8.1 in the way SSH_MSG_CHANNEL_REQUEST packets with an exit status message and no payload are parsed. A remote attacker who compromises an SSH server may cause a Denial of Service or read data from client memory.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could exploit this to cause a client crash or leak memory data, potentially compromising confidentiality and availability.

Recommendation

Update libssh2 to version 1.8.1 or later. Ensure SSH clients use the updated library.

Other vulnerabilities in libssh2

See all
Original NVD description (English source)

An out of bounds read flaw was discovered in libssh2 before 1.8.1 in the way SSH_MSG_CHANNEL_REQUEST packets with an exit status message and no payload are parsed. A remote attacker who compromises a SSH server may be able to cause a Denial of Service or read data in the client memory.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS