CVE-2023-6918
LOWLibssh - Memory Corruption
Title source: llmDescription
A flaw was found in the libssh implements abstract layer for message digest (MD) operations implemented by different supported crypto backends. The return values from these were not properly checked, which could cause low-memory situations failures, NULL dereferences, crashes, or usage of the uninitialized memory as an input for the KDF. In this case, non-matching keys will result in decryption/integrity failures, terminating the connection.
References (9)
Scores
CVSS v3
3.7
EPSS
0.0037
EPSS Percentile
58.6%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Classification
CWE
CWE-252
Status
published
Affected Products (5)
libssh/libssh
< 0.9.8
fedoraproject/fedora
fedoraproject/fedora
redhat/enterprise_linux
redhat/enterprise_linux
Timeline
Published
Dec 19, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026