Paper/Archive/CVE-2026-5187

CVE-2026-5187

wolfSSL wolfSSL — Heap Out-of-Bounds Write in DecodeObjectId() in wolfSSL

Description · from the CVE record

Two potential heap out-of-bounds write locations existed in DecodeObjectId() in wolfcrypt/src/asn.c. First, a bounds check only validates one available slot before writing two OID arc values (out[0] and out[1]), enabling a 2-byte out-of-bounds write when outSz equals 1. Second, multiple callers pass sizeof(decOid) (64 bytes on 64-bit platforms) instead of the element count MAX_OID_SZ (32), causing the function to accept crafted OIDs with 33 or more arcs that write past the end of the allocated buffer.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
wolfSSL≤ 5.9.0–CNA

Scores by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
wolfSSL (CNA)2.3CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

References

refgithub.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl