CVE-2025-9230
September 30, 2025
Issue summary: An application trying to decrypt CMS messages encrypted using
password based encryption can trigger an out-of-bounds read and write.
Impact summary: This out-of-bounds read may trigger a crash which leads to
Denial of Service for an application. The out-of-bounds write can cause
a memory corruption which can have various consequences including
a Denial of Service or Execution of attacker-supplied code.
Although the consequences of a successful exploit of this vulnerability
could be severe, the probability that the attacker would be able to
perform it is low. Besides, password based (PWRI) encryption support in CMS
messages is very rarely used. For that reason the issue was assessed as
Moderate severity according to our Security Policy.
The FIPS modules in 3.5, 3.4, 3.3, 3.2, 3.1 and 3.0 are not affected by this
issue, as the CMS implementation is outside the OpenSSL FIPS module
boundary.
Affected Packages
openssl (CONAN):
Affected version(s) >=3.4.0 <3.4.3Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 3.4.3openssl (CONAN):
Affected version(s) >=3.3.1 <3.3.5Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 3.3.5openssl (CONAN):
Affected version(s) >=3.5.0 <3.5.4Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 3.5.4openssl (CONAN):
Affected version(s) >=3.0.5 <3.0.18Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 3.0.18openssl (CONAN):
Affected version(s) >=3.2.0 <3.2.6Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 3.2.6https://github.com/openssl/openssl.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=openssl-3.5.0 <openssl-3.5.4Fix Suggestion:
Update to version openssl-3.5.4https://github.com/openssl/openssl.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=openssl-3.4.0 <openssl-3.4.3Fix Suggestion:
Update to version openssl-3.4.3https://github.com/openssl/openssl.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=openssl-3.2.0 <openssl-3.2.6Fix Suggestion:
Update to version openssl-3.2.6https://github.com/openssl/openssl.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=openssl-3.3.0 <openssl-3.3.5Fix Suggestion:
Update to version openssl-3.3.5https://github.com/openssl/openssl.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=openssl-3.0.0 <openssl-3.0.18Fix Suggestion:
Update to version openssl-3.0.18Related ResourcesĀ (10)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
8.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
EPSS
Base Score:
0.03