CVE-2019-3860
A remote attacker who compromises a SSH server may be able to cause a Denial of Service or read data in the client memory.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.42%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An out of bounds read flaw was discovered in libssh2 before 1.8.1 in the way SFTP packets with empty payloads 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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.1 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 5.42% probability · 93th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- libssh2/libssh2 · debian/debian linux · netapp/ontap select deploy administration utility · opensuse/leap
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 5.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-03/msg00040.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00003.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00072.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3860Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00032.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00028.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5DK6VO2CEUTAJFYIKWNZKEKYMYR3NO2O/
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/25
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190327-0005/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4431
- https://www.libssh2.org/CVE-2019-3860.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-03/msg00040.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00003.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00072.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3860Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00032.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00028.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5DK6VO2CEUTAJFYIKWNZKEKYMYR3NO2O/
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/25
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190327-0005/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4431
- https://www.libssh2.org/CVE-2019-3860.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.