OpenSSL TLS 1.3 server may choose unexpected key agreement group

Issue summary: An OpenSSL TLS 1.3 server may fail to negotiate the expected preferred key exchange group when its key exchange group configuration includes the default by using the ‘DEFAULT’ keyword. Impact summary: A less preferred key exchange may be used even when a more preferred group is...

TLS 1.3 CompressedCertificate excessive memory allocation

Issue summary: A TLS 1.3 connection using certificate compression can be forced to allocate a large buffer before decompression without checking against the configured certificate size limit. Impact summary: An attacker can cause per-connection memory allocations of up to approximately 22 MiB and...

NULL dereference in SSL_CIPHER_find() function on unknown cipher ID

Issue summary: If an application using the SSLCIPHERfind function in a QUIC protocol client or server receives an unknown cipher suite from the peer, a NULL dereference occurs. Impact summary: A NULL pointer dereference leads to abnormal termination of the running process causing Denial of Servic...

Stack buffer overflow in CMS (Auth)EnvelopedData parsing

Issue summary: Parsing CMS AuthEnvelopedData or EnvelopedData message with maliciously crafted AEAD parameters can trigger a stack buffer overflow. Impact summary: A stack buffer overflow may lead to a crash, causing Denial of Service, or potentially remote code execution. When parsing CMS...

NULL Pointer Dereference in PKCS12_item_decrypt_d2i_ex function

Issue summary: Processing a malformed PKCS12 file can trigger a NULL pointer dereference in the PKCS12itemdecryptd2iex function. Impact summary: A NULL pointer dereference can trigger a crash which leads to Denial of Service for an application processing PKCS12 files. The PKCS12itemdecryptd2iex...

'openssl dgst' one-shot codepath silently truncates inputs >16MB

Issue summary: The ‘openssl dgst’ command-line tool silently truncates input data to 16MB when using one-shot signing algorithms and reports success instead of an error. Impact summary: A user signing or verifying files larger than 16MB with one-shot algorithms such as Ed25519, Ed448, or ML-DSA m...

Out of bounds write in PKCS12_get_friendlyname() UTF-8 conversion

Issue summary: Calling PKCS12getfriendlyname function on a maliciously crafted PKCS12 file with a BMPString UTF-16BE friendly name containing non-ASCII BMP code point can trigger a one byte write before the allocated buffer. Impact summary: The out-of-bounds write can cause a memory corruption...

Unauthenticated/unencrypted trailing bytes with low-level OCB function calls

Issue summary: When using the low-level OCB API directly with AES-NI or other hardware-accelerated code paths, inputs whose length is not a multiple of 16 bytes can leave the final partial block unencrypted and unauthenticated. Impact summary: The trailing 1-15 bytes of a message may be exposed i...

Missing ASN1_TYPE validation in TS_RESP_verify_response() function

Issue summary: A type confusion vulnerability exists in the TimeStamp Response verification code where an ASN1TYPE union member is accessed without first validating the type, causing an invalid or NULL pointer dereference when processing a malformed TimeStamp Response file. Impact summary: An...

Missing ASN1_TYPE validation in PKCS#12 parsing

Issue summary: An invalid or NULL pointer dereference can happen in an application processing a malformed PKCS12 file. Impact summary: An application processing a malformed PKCS12 file can be caused to dereference an invalid or NULL pointer on memory read, resulting in a Denial of Service. A type...

Heap out-of-bounds write in BIO_f_linebuffer on short writes

Issue summary: Writing large, newline-free data into a BIO chain using the line-buffering filter where the next BIO performs short writes can trigger a heap-based out-of-bounds write. Impact summary: This out-of-bounds write can cause memory corruption which typically results in a crash, leading ...

ASN1_TYPE Type Confusion in the PKCS7_digest_from_attributes() function

Issue summary: A type confusion vulnerability exists in the signature verification of signed PKCS7 data where an ASN1TYPE union member is accessed without first validating the type, causing an invalid or NULL pointer dereference when processing malformed PKCS7 data. Impact summary: An application...

Improper validation of PBMAC1 parameters in PKCS#12 MAC verification

Issue summary: PBMAC1 parameters in PKCS12 files are missing validation which can trigger a stack-based buffer overflow, invalid pointer or NULL pointer dereference during MAC verification. Impact summary: The stack buffer overflow or NULL pointer dereference may cause a crash leading to Denial o...

Out-of-bounds read & write in RFC 3211 KEK Unwrap

Issue summary: An application trying to decrypt CMS messages encrypted using password based encryption can trigger an out-of-bounds read and write. Impact summary: This out-of-bounds read may trigger a crash which leads to Denial of Service for an application. The out-of-bounds write can cause a...

Timing side-channel in SM2 algorithm on 64 bit ARM

Issue summary: A timing side-channel which could potentially allow remote recovery of the private key exists in the SM2 algorithm implementation on 64 bit ARM platforms. Impact summary: A timing side-channel in SM2 signature computations on 64 bit ARM platforms could allow recovering the private...

Out-of-bounds read in HTTP client no_proxy handling

Issue summary: An application using the OpenSSL HTTP client API functions may trigger an out-of-bounds read if the ’noproxy’ environment variable is set and the host portion of the authority component of the HTTP URL is an IPv6 address. Impact summary: An out-of-bounds read can trigger a crash...

The x509 application adds trusted use instead of rejected use

Issue summary: Use of -addreject option with the openssl x509 application adds a trusted use instead of a rejected use for a certificate. Impact summary: If a user intends to make a trusted certificate rejected for a particular use it will be instead marked as trusted for that use. A copy & paste...

RFC7250 handshakes with unauthenticated servers don't abort as expected

Issue summary: Clients using RFC7250 Raw Public Keys RPKs to authenticate a server may fail to notice that the server was not authenticated, because handshakes don’t abort as expected when the SSLVERIFYPEER verification mode is set. Impact summary: TLS and DTLS connections using raw public keys m...

Timing side-channel in ECDSA signature computation

Issue summary: A timing side-channel which could potentially allow recovering the private key exists in the ECDSA signature computation. Impact summary: A timing side-channel in ECDSA signature computations could allow recovering the private key by an attacker. However, measuring the timing would...

Low-level invalid GF(2^m) parameters lead to OOB memory access

Issue summary: Use of the low-level GF2^m elliptic curve APIs with untrusted explicit values for the field polynomial can lead to out-of-bounds memory reads or writes. Impact summary: Out of bound memory writes can lead to an application crash or even a possibility of a remote code execution,...

Possible denial of service in X.509 name checks

Issue summary: Applications performing certificate name checks e.g., TLS clients checking server certificates may attempt to read an invalid memory address resulting in abnormal termination of the application process. Impact summary: Abnormal termination of an application can a cause a denial of...

SSL_select_next_proto buffer overread

Issue summary: Calling the OpenSSL API function SSLselectnextproto with an empty supported client protocols buffer may cause a crash or memory contents to be sent to the peer. Impact summary: A buffer overread can have a range of potential consequences such as unexpected application beahviour or ...

Use After Free with SSL_free_buffers

Issue summary: Calling the OpenSSL API function SSLfreebuffers may cause memory to be accessed that was previously freed in some situations Impact summary: A use after free can have a range of potential consequences such as the corruption of valid data, crashes or execution of arbitrary code...

Excessive time spent checking DSA keys and parameters

Issue summary: Checking excessively long DSA keys or parameters may be very slow. Impact summary: Applications that use the functions EVPPKEYparamcheck or EVPPKEYpubliccheck to check a DSA public key or DSA parameters may experience long delays. Where the key or parameters that are being checked...

Unbounded memory growth with session handling in TLSv1.3

Issue summary: Some non-default TLS server configurations can cause unbounded memory growth when processing TLSv1.3 sessions Impact summary: An attacker may exploit certain server configurations to trigger unbounded memory growth that would lead to a Denial of Service This problem can occur in...

PKCS12 Decoding crashes

Issue summary: Processing a maliciously formatted PKCS12 file may lead OpenSSL to crash leading to a potential Denial of Service attack Impact summary: Applications loading files in the PKCS12 format from untrusted sources might terminate abruptly. A file in PKCS12 format can contain certificates...

Excessive time spent checking invalid RSA public keys

Issue summary: Checking excessively long invalid RSA public keys may take a long time. Impact summary: Applications that use the function EVPPKEYpubliccheck to check RSA public keys may experience long delays. Where the key that is being checked has been obtained from an untrusted source this may...

POLY1305 MAC implementation corrupts vector registers on PowerPC

Issue summary: The POLY1305 MAC message authentication code implementation contains a bug that might corrupt the internal state of applications running on PowerPC CPU based platforms if the CPU provides vector instructions. Impact summary: If an attacker can influence whether the POLY1305 MAC...

Excessive time spent in DH check / generation with large Q parameter value

Issue summary: Generating excessively long X9.42 DH keys or checking excessively long X9.42 DH keys or parameters may be very slow. Impact summary: Applications that use the functions DHgeneratekey to generate an X9.42 DH key may experience long delays. Likewise, applications that use...

Incorrect cipher key & IV length processing

Issue summary: A bug has been identified in the processing of key and initialisation vector IV lengths. This can lead to potential truncation or overruns during the initialisation of some symmetric ciphers. Impact summary: A truncation in the IV can result in non-uniqueness, which could result in...

POLY1305 MAC implementation corrupts XMM registers on Windows

Issue summary: The POLY1305 MAC message authentication code implementation contains a bug that might corrupt the internal state of applications on the Windows 64 platform when running on newer X8664 processors supporting the AVX512-IFMA instructions. Impact summary: If in an application that uses...

Excessive time spent checking DH q parameter value

Issue summary: Checking excessively long DH keys or parameters may be very slow. Impact summary: Applications that use the functions DHcheck, DHcheckex or EVPPKEYparamcheck to check a DH key or DH parameters may experience long delays. Where the key or parameters that are being checked have been...

Excessive time spent checking DH keys and parameters

Issue summary: Checking excessively long DH keys or parameters may be very slow. Impact summary: Applications that use the functions DHcheck, DHcheckex or EVPPKEYparamcheck to check a DH key or DH parameters may experience long delays. Where the key or parameters that are being checked have been...

AES-SIV implementation ignores empty associated data entries

Issue summary: The AES-SIV cipher implementation contains a bug that causes it to ignore empty associated data entries which are unauthenticated as a consequence. Impact summary: Applications that use the AES-SIV algorithm and want to authenticate empty data entries as associated data can be misl...

Possible DoS translating ASN.1 object identifiers

Issue summary: Processing some specially crafted ASN.1 object identifiers or data containing them may be very slow. Impact summary: Applications that use OBJobj2txt directly, or use any of the OpenSSL subsystems OCSP, PKCS7/SMIME, CMS, CMP/CRMF or TS with no message size limit may experience...

Invalid certificate policies in leaf certificates are silently ignored

Applications that use a non-default option when verifying certificates may be vulnerable to an attack from a malicious CA to circumvent certain checks. Invalid certificate policies in leaf certificates are silently ignored by OpenSSL and other certificate policy checks are skipped for that...

Excessive Resource Usage Verifying X.509 Policy Constraints

A security vulnerability has been identified in all supported versions of OpenSSL related to the verification of X.509 certificate chains that include policy constraints. Attackers may be able to exploit this vulnerability by creating a malicious certificate chain that triggers exponential use of...

Input buffer over-read in AES-XTS implementation on 64 bit ARM

Issue summary: The AES-XTS cipher decryption implementation for 64 bit ARM platform contains a bug that could cause it to read past the input buffer, leading to a crash. Impact summary: Applications that use the AES-XTS algorithm on the 64 bit ARM platform can crash in rare circumstances. The...

Certificate policy check not enabled

The function X509VERIFYPARAMadd0policy is documented to implicitly enable the certificate policy check when doing certificate verification. However the implementation of the function does not enable the check which allows certificates with invalid or incorrect policies to pass the certificate...

NULL dereference validating DSA public key

An invalid pointer dereference on read can be triggered when an application tries to check a malformed DSA public key by the EVPPKEYpubliccheck function. This will most likely lead to an application crash. This function can be called on public keys supplied from untrusted sources which could allo...

X.400 address type confusion in X.509 GeneralName

There is a type confusion vulnerability relating to X.400 address processing inside an X.509 GeneralName. X.400 addresses were parsed as an ASN1STRING but the public structure definition for GENERALNAME incorrectly specified the type of the x400Address field as ASN1TYPE. This field is subsequentl...

Timing Oracle in RSA Decryption

A timing based side channel exists in the OpenSSL RSA Decryption implementation which could be sufficient to recover a plaintext across a network in a Bleichenbacher style attack. To achieve a successful decryption an attacker would have to be able to send a very large number of trial messages fo...

Invalid pointer dereference in d2i_PKCS7 functions

An invalid pointer dereference on read can be triggered when an application tries to load malformed PKCS7 data with the d2iPKCS7, d2iPKCS7bio or d2iPKCS7fp functions. The result of the dereference is an application crash which could lead to a denial of service attack. The TLS implementation in...

Double free after calling PEM_read_bio_ex

The function PEMreadbioex reads a PEM file from a BIO and parses and decodes the “name” e.g. “CERTIFICATE”, any header data and the payload data. If the function succeeds then the “nameout”, “header” and “data” arguments are populated with pointers to buffers containing the relevant decoded data...

X.509 Name Constraints Read Buffer Overflow

A read buffer overrun can be triggered in X.509 certificate verification, specifically in name constraint checking. Note that this occurs after certificate chain signature verification and requires either a CA to have signed the malicious certificate or for the application to continue certificate...

NULL dereference during PKCS7 data verification

A NULL pointer can be dereferenced when signatures are being verified on PKCS7 signed or signedAndEnveloped data. In case the hash algorithm used for the signature is known to the OpenSSL library but the implementation of the hash algorithm is not available the digest initialization will fail...

Use-after-free following BIO_new_NDEF

The public API function BIOnewNDEF is a helper function used for streaming ASN.1 data via a BIO. It is primarily used internally to OpenSSL to support the SMIME, CMS and PKCS7 streaming capabilities, but may also be called directly by end user applications. The function receives a BIO from the...

X.509 Policy Constraints Double Locking

If an X.509 certificate contains a malformed policy constraint and policy processing is enabled, then a write lock will be taken twice recursively. On some operating systems most widely: Windows this results in a denial of service when the affected process hangs. Policy processing being enabled o...

X.509 Email Address 4-byte Buffer Overflow

A buffer overrun can be triggered in X.509 certificate verification, specifically in name constraint checking. Note that this occurs after certificate chain signature verification and requires either a CA to have signed the malicious certificate or for the application to continue certificate...

X.509 Email Address Variable Length Buffer Overflow

A buffer overrun can be triggered in X.509 certificate verification, specifically in name constraint checking. Note that this occurs after certificate chain signature verification and requires either a CA to have signed a malicious certificate or for an application to continue certificate...