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CVE-2019-3858

31
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-3858 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in libssh2 versions prior to 1.8.1, affecting products like Debian, Fedora, NetApp, and OpenSUSE. This critical flaw, with a CVSS score of 9.1, allows a remote attacker who compromises an SSH server to send a specially crafted SFTP packet, potentially leading to a Denial of Service or the disclosure of client memory data. While no active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or KEV listing has been identified, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libssh2:libssh2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
29CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.0MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
3.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0645 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (9)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.4 for RHEL 7Fixed in: ansible-tower-34/ansible-tower-memcached:1.4.15-28
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.4 for RHEL 7Fixed in: ansible-tower-35/ansible-tower-memcached:1.4.15-28
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.4 for RHEL 7Fixed in: ansible-tower-37/ansible-tower-memcached-rhel7:1.4.15-28
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libssh2-0:1.8.0-3.el7
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libssh2
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Advanced VirtualizationFixed in: virt:8.0.0/libssh2
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Virtualization 4Fixed in: redhat-virtualization-host
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Virtualization 4Fixed in: rhvm-appliance

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-3858Moderate

libssh2: Zero-byte allocation with a specially crafted SFTP packed leading to an out-of-bounds read

Mar 13, 2019

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-03/msg00040.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00003.html
Third Party Advisory
packetstormsecurity.com / files/152136/Slackware-Security-Advisory-libssh2-Updates.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:2136
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00032.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5DK6VO2CEUTAJFYIKWNZKEKYMYR3NO2O
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XCWEA5ZCLKRDUK62QVVYMFWLWKOPX3LO
seclists.org / bugtraq/2019/Apr/25
seclists.org / bugtraq/2019/Mar/25
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20190327-0005
Third Party Advisory
broadcom.com / support/fibre-channel-networking/security-advisories/brocade-security-advisory-2019-767
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2019/dsa-4431
libssh2.org / CVE-2019-3858.html
PatchVendor Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2019/03/18/3
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/107485
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry