CVE-2019-14431

CRITICAL

MatrixSSL <4.2.1 - Buffer Overflow/RCE

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In MatrixSSL 3.8.3 Open through 4.2.1 Open, the DTLS server mishandles incoming network messages leading to a heap-based buffer overflow of up to 256 bytes and possible Remote Code Execution in parseSSLHandshake in sslDecode.c. During processing of a crafted packet, the server mishandles the fragment length value provided in the DTLS message.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/matrixssl/matrixssl/issues/30

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0363
EPSS Percentile 88.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-755 CWE-787
Status published
Products (1)
matrixssl/matrixssl 3.8.2 - 4.2.1
Published Jul 29, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026