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CVE-2026-55737 Heap pointer corruption via signed/unsigned mismatch in LARGE_TUPLE_EXT decoding in erts external term format decoder

🗓️ 27 Jul 2026 15:13:54Reported by EEFType 
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CVE-2026-55737 causes heap pointer corruption in Erlang ETF decoding due to a signed/unsigned arity mismatch in LARGE_TUPLE_EXT.

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[
  {
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:2.3:a:erlang:erlang\\/otp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "modules": [
      "erlang",
      "external"
    ],
    "packageName": "erts",
    "packageURL": "pkg:otp/erts?repository_url=https:%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Ferlang%2Fotp&vcs_url=git%20https:%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Ferlang%2Fotp.git",
    "product": "OTP",
    "programFiles": [
      "emulator/beam/external.c"
    ],
    "programRoutines": [
      {
        "name": "erlang:binary_to_term/1"
      },
      {
        "name": "erlang:binary_to_term/2"
      },
      {
        "name": "dec_term"
      },
      {
        "name": "decoded_size"
      }
    ],
    "repo": "https://github.com/erlang/otp",
    "vendor": "Erlang",
    "versions": [
      {
        "changes": [
          {
            "at": "17.0.4",
            "status": "unaffected"
          },
          {
            "at": "16.4.0.4",
            "status": "unaffected"
          },
          {
            "at": "15.2.7.11",
            "status": "unaffected"
          }
        ],
        "lessThan": "*",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "13.0",
        "versionType": "otp"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "collectionURL": "https://github.com",
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:2.3:a:erlang:erlang\\/otp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "modules": [
      "erlang",
      "external"
    ],
    "packageName": "erlang/otp",
    "packageURL": "pkg:github/erlang/otp",
    "product": "OTP",
    "programFiles": [
      "erts/emulator/beam/external.c"
    ],
    "programRoutines": [
      {
        "name": "erlang:binary_to_term/1"
      },
      {
        "name": "erlang:binary_to_term/2"
      },
      {
        "name": "dec_term"
      },
      {
        "name": "decoded_size"
      }
    ],
    "repo": "https://github.com/erlang/otp",
    "vendor": "Erlang",
    "versions": [
      {
        "changes": [
          {
            "at": "29.0.4",
            "status": "unaffected"
          },
          {
            "at": "28.5.0.4",
            "status": "unaffected"
          },
          {
            "at": "27.3.4.15",
            "status": "unaffected"
          }
        ],
        "lessThan": "*",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "25.0",
        "versionType": "otp"
      },
      {
        "lessThan": "c5210b42a9d3d96f3d25601942ce8122be0f3761",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "ebcbb97b4ec223464cac3d94375739a248ddef6e",
        "versionType": "git"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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