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HIGH 7.5OpenSSL

CVE-2026-63072

Description

Issue summary: OpenSSL CMS decryption sizes the key-unwrap output buffer based on querying the unwrapped key size, but the AES-WRAP-PAD unwrap primitive can write and cleanse more bytes than that query reports, causing an 8-byte out-of-bounds heap write. Impact summary: An attacker who supplies a crafted CMS message can trigger a deterministic 8-byte out-of-bounds heap write when the victim decry…

Description from NVD (National Vulnerability Database).

Product
OpenSSL
Severity
CVSS 7.5 · HIGH
Published
Source
NVD (National Vulnerability Database) · View on NVD

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