Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 6, 2025· Updated Nov 3, 2025
Suricata oversized bpf file can lead to buffer overflow
CVE-2024-55626
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.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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References
3- github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/dd71ef0af222a566e54dfc479dd1951dd17d7cebmitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-wmg4-jqx5-4h9vmitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
- redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/7366mitrex_refsource_MISC
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