Openssl Openssl
CVE-2025-15467
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 (Auth)EnvelopedData structures that use AEAD ciphers such as AES-GCM, the IV (Initialization Vector) encoded in the ASN.1 parameters is copied into a fixed-size stack buffer without verifying that its length fits the destination. An attacker can supply a crafted CMS message with an oversized IV, causing a stack-based out-of-bounds write before any authentication or tag verification occurs. Applications and services that parse untrusted CMS or PKCS#7 content using AEAD ciphers (e.g., S/MIME (Auth)EnvelopedData with AES-GCM) are vulnerable. Because the overflow occurs prior to authentication, no valid key material is required to trigger it. While exploitability to remote code execution depends on platform and toolchain mitigations, the stack-based write primitive represents a severe risk. The FIPS modules in 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, 3.3 and 3.0 are not affected by this issue, as the CMS implementation is outside the OpenSSL FIPS module boundary. OpenSSL 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, 3.3 and 3.0 are vulnerable to this issue. OpenSSL 1.1.1 and 1.0.2 are not affected by this issue.
What this means for your business
- It affects Openssl. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
- Code showing how to exploit it has been published, but real attacks have not been confirmed.
- An attacker can use it remotely, over a network, without a login, but only after tricking someone into an action such as opening a file or a link.
- FIRST's prediction model gives it a 48% chance of attack attempts being seen in the next 30 days, ranking above 98% of all known flaws.
What to do
- 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Openssl, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
- 2If you do, apply the vendor's fix. A patch or vendor advisory has been published.
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Scoring
- CVSS
- 8.8 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Assigned by
- openssl-security@openssl.org
Dates
- Published
- 2026-01-27
- Last modified
- 2026-09-07
- Sources
- NVD
Affected products
- Openssl Openssl3.0.0 - 3.0.19, 3.1.0 - 3.3.6, 3.4.0 - 3.4.4, 3.5.0 - 3.5.5, 3.6.0 - 3.6.1
As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.
References
- https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/2c8f0e5fa9b6ee5508a0349e4572ddb74db5a703
- https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/5f26d4202f5b89664c5c3f3c62086276026ba9a9
- https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/6ced0fe6b10faa560e410e3ee8d6c82f06c65ea3
- https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/ce39170276daec87f55c39dad1f629b56344429e
- https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/d0071a0799f20cc8101730145349ed4487c268dc
- https://openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20260127.txt
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/27/10
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/02/25/6
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1472
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1473
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1496
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1503
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1519
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1594
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1733