CVE-2019-3860
criticalAn out of bounds read flaw was discovered in libssh2 before 1.8.1 in the way SFTP packets with empty payloads are parsed.
Vendor / product: Libssh2 — libssh2
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
9.1
9.1 (CVSS v3.0)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.0 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2019-03-25 19:29
Modified: 2026-10-14 07:16
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 2 days ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 07:06 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
libssh2 / libssh2 ≥0.3 ≤1.8.0
debian / debian_linux 8.0
netapp / ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility all versions
opensuse / leap 15.0, 42.3
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
Vendor advisory: https://www.libssh2.org/CVE-2019-3860.html
Vendor advisory: https://www.libssh2.org/CVE-2019-3860.html
Patch / mitigation: https://www.libssh2.org/CVE-2019-3860.html
Patch / mitigation: https://www.libssh2.org/CVE-2019-3860.html
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-03/msg00040.html secalert@redhat.com
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00003.html secalert@redhat.com
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00072.html secalert@redhat.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3860 secalert@redhat.com
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00032.html secalert@redhat.com
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00028.html secalert@redhat.com
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/m... secalert@redhat.com
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/25 secalert@redhat.com
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190327-0005/ secalert@redhat.com
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4431 secalert@redhat.com
- https://www.libssh2.org/CVE-2019-3860.html secalert@redhat.com
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html secalert@redhat.com
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-03/msg00040.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00003.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00072.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3860 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00032.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00028.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/m... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/25 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190327-0005/ af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4431 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://www.libssh2.org/CVE-2019-3860.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 07:06 UTC · record ↗