CVE-2019-3859

critical
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
9.5

Description

An out of bounds read flaw was discovered in libssh2 before 1.8.1 in the _libssh2_packet_require and _libssh2_packet_requirev functions. A remote attacker who compromises a SSH server may be able to cause a Denial of Service or read data in the client memory.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-3859

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3859.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201903-12

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed1.8.1-1
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed1.8.0-2.1
debian debianbullseyefixed1.8.0-2.1
debian debianforkyfixed1.8.0-2.1
debian debiansidfixed1.8.0-2.1
debian debiantrixiefixed1.8.0-2.1

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.