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01 Record

CVE-2019-3861

An out of bounds read flaw was discovered in libssh2 before 1.8.1 in the way SSH packets with a padding length value greater than the packet length are parsed. A remote attacker who compromises a SSH

MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base score5.0 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

02 Description

An out of bounds read flaw was discovered in libssh2 before 1.8.1 in the way SSH packets with a padding length value greater than the packet length are parsed. A remote attacker who compromises a SSH

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
5.11% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 92.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
9.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-14.
Red Hat severity
Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2019-03-25 18:30Z7 YR AGO
Last updated
2026-10-14 06:35Z15 DAYS AGO
Reserved
2019-01-03
Assigning CNA
redhat
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Medium (CVSS 5.0)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weaknesses
Data version
5.2
Document digest
31e99e9ae89c1b7a33b7b6d1e1c0876e550c95a7a94c78055479e770986ae93f

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
The libssh2 Projectlibssh21.8.1—

06 References

07 Fixed in

Arch Linux

  • libssh2
    Fixed in 1.8.1-1

Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 12

  • libssh2
    Fixed in 1.8.0-2.1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 13

  • libssh2
    Fixed in 1.8.0-2.1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 14

  • libssh2
    Fixed in 1.8.0-2.1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS

  • libssh2
    Fixed in 1.4.3-2ubuntu0.2+esm2
    Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS

  • libssh2
    Fixed in 1.5.0-2ubuntu0.1+esm1
    Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS

  • libssh2
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

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