CVE-2026-5778

NameCVE-2026-5778
DescriptionInteger underflow in wolfSSL packet sniffer <= 5.9.0 allows an attacker to cause a program crash in the AEAD decryption path by injecting a TLS record shorter than the explicit IV plus authentication tag into traffic inspected by ssl_DecodePacket. The underflow wraps a 16-bit length to a large value that is passed to AEAD decryption routines, causing a large out-of-bounds read and crash. An unauthenticated attacker can trigger this remotely via malformed TLS Application Data records.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
wolfssl (PTS)bullseye4.6.0+p1-0+deb11u2vulnerable
bookworm5.5.4-2+deb12u2vulnerable
trixie5.7.2-0.1+deb13u1vulnerable
forky, sid5.9.0-0.2vulnerable

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
wolfsslsource(unstable)(unfixed)

Notes

https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/pull/10125
Fixed by: https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/commit/5b6b138964058ab8d30474bc9fdfb5ffcb3a4726 (v5.9.1-stable)

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