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Medium · 4.8 CVE-2025-49601 EUVD-2025-20079GHSA-h9v9-9rwj-pmq9

In MbedTLS 3.3.0 before 3.6.4, mbedtls_lms_import_public_key does not check that the input buffer is at least 4 bytes before reading a 32-b…

Published Jul 4, 2025 · Updated Jul 8, 2025 · Assigned by mitre

Description

In MbedTLS 3.3.0 before 3.6.4, mbedtls_lms_import_public_key does not check that the input buffer is at least 4 bytes before reading a 32-bit field, allowing a possible out-of-bounds read on truncated input. Specifically, an out-of-bounds read in mbedtls_lms_import_public_key allows context-dependent attackers to trigger a crash or limited adjacent-memory disclosure by supplying a truncated LMS (Leighton-Micali Signature) public-key buffer under four bytes. An LMS public key starts with a 4-byte type indicator. The function mbedtls_lms_import_public_key reads this type indicator before validating the size of its input.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Mbed mbedtls 3.3.0 – < 3.6.4 3.6.4

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 mbedtls 3.6.4-1 —
Debian 13 mbedtls 3.6.4-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS mbedtls No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 mbedtls No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 16.0 mbedtls 3.6.6-bp160.1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:21144-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.24 mbedtls +1 3.6.4-r0 —
Alpine v3.23 mbedtls 3.6.4-r0 —
Alpine v3.22 mbedtls 3.6.4-r0 —
Alpine v3.21 mbedtls 3.6.4-r0 —
Alpine v3.20 mbedtls 3.6.4-r0 —

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