CVE-2019-10053 is a critical heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability affecting Suricata 4.1.x versions prior to 4.1.4. This flaw occurs when the SSHParseBanner function receives only a newline character as input, leading to an integer underflow during an erroneous search for a carriage return. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is remotely exploitable with low attack complexity, allowing for high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and no media coverage, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 4.1.0, < 4.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:suricata-ids:suricata:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.