Medium severity · published Jan 6, 2025
CVE-2024-55626
Suricata oversized bpf file can lead to buffer overflow
5.5
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. Prior to 7.0.8, a large BPF filter file provided to Suricata at startup can lead to a buffer overflow at Suricata startup. The issue has been addressed in Suricata 7.0.8.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 16% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SU
suricata · OISF
< 7.0.8 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-55626
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-55626
Patch
https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/dd71ef0af222a566e54dfc479dd1951dd17d7ceb
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-wmg4-jqx5-4h9v
Permissions Required
https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/7366
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00029.html
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