An issue was discovered in Suricata 4.1.x before 4.1.4. If the input of the function SSHParseBanner is composed only of a \n character, then the program runs into a heap-based buffer over-read. This occurs because the erroneous search for \r results in an integer underflow.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2019-10053 is rated High Risk (66.4/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.71%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.19% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 0.52% | 1.71% | +1.19% |
| 2 | 2025-11-21 | 0.61% | 0.52% | -0.09% |
| 3 | 2025-11-18 | — | 0.61% | — |
Full EPSS history (13 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.8 | 3.0 | CRITICAL |
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3.9 | 5.9 | [email protected] |
| 7.5 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2019-10053 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (suricata), 4 status rows across 4 suites (bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 4. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-10053 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2019-10053 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (suricata), 19 status rows across 19 suites (bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 8, DNE 5, ignored 3, needed 2, needs-triage 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-10053 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| suricata-ids | suricata | >= 4.1.0, < 4.1.4 | cpe:2.3:a:suricata-ids:suricata:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://lists.openinfosecfoundation.org/pipermail/oisf-announce/ | Third Party Advisory |
| https://suricata-ids.org/2019/04/30/suricata-4-1-4-released/ | Patch Vendor Advisory |