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High · 7.8 CVE-2026-39853 EUVD-2026-20942

osslsigncode has a Stack Buffer Overflow via Unbounded Digest Copy During Signature Verification

Published Apr 9, 2026 · Updated Apr 9, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

osslsigncode is a tool that implements Authenticode signing and timestamping. Prior to 2.12, A stack buffer overflow vulnerability exists in osslsigncode in several signature verification paths. During verification of a PKCS#7 signature, the code copies the digest value from a parsed SpcIndirectDataContent structure into a fixed-size stack buffer (mdbuf[EVP_MAX_MD_SIZE], 64 bytes) without validating that the source length fits within the destination buffer. This pattern is present in the verification handlers for PE, MSI, CAB, and script files. An attacker can craft a malicious signed file with an oversized digest field in SpcIndirectDataContent. When a user verifies such a file with osslsigncode verify, the unbounded memcpy can overflow the stack buffer and corrupt adjacent stack state. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.12.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
mtrojnar osslsigncode < 2.12 —

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 osslsigncode 2.12-1 —
Debian 13 osslsigncode No fix yet —
Debian 12 osslsigncode No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 25.10 osslsigncode No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS osslsigncode No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS osslsigncode No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS osslsigncode No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS osslsigncode No fix yet —
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS osslsigncode No fix yet —

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