# CVE-2024-32664: Suricata's base64 contains an out of bounds write

> Attackers can trigger a buffer overflow in Suricata via crafted traffic, potentially causing denial of service or code execution.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 7 May 2024
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2024-32664, GHSA-79vh-hpwq-3jh7, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-32664

## What is CVE-2024-32664?

CVE-2024-32664 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Oisf Suricata, published on 7 May 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. Prior to 7.0.5 and 6.0.19, specially crafted traffic or datasets can cause a limited buffer overflow. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.0.5 and 6.0.19. Workarounds include not use rules with `base64_decode` keyword with `bytes` option with value 1, 2 or 5 and for 7.0.x, setting `app-layer.protocols.smtp.mime.body-md5` to false.

Weakness: CWE-122 (Heap-based Buffer Overflow), CWE-120 (Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-32664?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oisf Suricata.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-32664?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2024-32664 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-32664 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Oisf Suricata

- [CVE-2023-35853](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-35853/): Code injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-37592](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-37592/): Other in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-10244](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-10244/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-94083](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-94083/): Memory corruption in Suricata (critical 9.4)
- [CVE-2026-94084](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-94084/): Use after free in Suricata (critical 9.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-32664 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-32664 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Oisf Suricata, published on 7 May 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-32664 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Oisf Suricata. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-32664/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-32664/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-32664
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-32664
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-32664

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-32664/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.