VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2019-14431

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL

EPSS probability3.63%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2019-07-29

Last modified2026-06-17

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-755

Primary references

cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory