Heap-based buffer overflow in Suricata - CVE-2025-64330
Published: November 27, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU118808
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-64330
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when logging the verdict in eve.alert and eve.drop records. A remote attacker can generate multiple alerts to fill the per packet alert queue and perform a denial of service attack.
Affected software
Suricata
How to mitigate CVE-2025-64330
Install updates from vendor's website.
Suricata - addressed in versions 7.0.13, 8.0.2