NULL Pointer Dereference The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package libssh (opens in a new tab)
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- published28 Aug 2025
- disclosed24 Jul 2025
Introduced: 24 Jul 2025
CVE-2025-8114 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:20.04.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libssh package and not the libssh package as distributed by Ubuntu.
A flaw was found in libssh, a library that implements the SSH protocol. When calculating the session ID during the key exchange (KEX) process, an allocation failure in cryptographic functions may lead to a NULL pointer dereference. This issue can cause the client or server to crash.