CVE-2019-16411 describes a critical out-of-bounds read vulnerability in Suricata 4.1.4, specifically within the IPV4OptValidateTimestamp function. An unauthenticated attacker can trigger this by sending crafted IPv4 packets with invalid IPv4Options, leading to a memory access violation. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), this vulnerability allows for high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability without user interaction or complex attack conditions. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, including a mention in a Hacker News article on fuzzing.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:suricata-ids:suricata:4.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/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.
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.