CVE-2026-17510

NameCVE-2026-17510
DescriptionCrypt::OpenSSL::PKCS12 versions before 1.98 for Perl allow a NULL pointer dereference in print_attribute via a zero length BMPSTRING attribute. print_attribute() sizes the destination buffer for a BMPSTRING attribute from its declared byte length with `Renew(*attribute, length, char)`. A zero length attribute makes that a zero size reallocation, which Perl implements as a free returning NULL, so the buffer pointer becomes NULL, the following `strncpy` copies nothing, and the caller dereferences NULL in the `strlen()` it passes to `newSVpvn()`. A zero length BMPSTRING is even length, so the ASN.1 decoder accepts it and the value reaches this code. The UTF8STRING, OCTET STRING and BIT STRING arms size on `length + 1` or `length * 4 + 1` and are unaffected. Any caller that passes an untrusted PKCS#12 file to info_as_hash() can crash the process. info() prints attribute values directly without sizing a buffer and is unaffected.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs1143970

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libcrypt-openssl-pkcs12-perl (PTS)bullseye1.3-1vulnerable
trixie1.94-1vulnerable
forky1.97-1vulnerable
sid1.98-1vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libcrypt-openssl-pkcs12-perlsource(unstable)(unfixed)1143970

Notes

[trixie] - libcrypt-openssl-pkcs12-perl <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://lists.security.metacpan.org/cve-announce/msg/42524422/
Fixed by: https://github.com/dsully/perl-crypt-openssl-pkcs12/commit/6cb282d8d8e8ded4859551cd2d3cfa7c6028ce48 (v1.98)

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