CVE-2019-14431
highpriority · track · 40EPSS 0.036 · 90 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8
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affected products (2)
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references (5)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-14431cnnvd
- https://github.com/matrixssl/matrixssl/issues/30cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14431cnnvd
- https://github.com/matrixssl/matrixssl/issues/30enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/matrixssl/matrixssl/issues/30ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisorynvd
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