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Medium · 5.5 CVE-2026-39855 EUVD-2026-20944

osslsigncode has an Integer Underflow in PE Page Hash Calculation Can Cause Out-of-Bounds Read

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 2.13, an integer underflow vulnerability exists in osslsigncode version 2.12 and earlier in the PE page-hash computation code (pe_page_hash_calc()). When page hash processing is performed on a PE file, the function subtracts hdrsize from pagesize without first validating that pagesize >= hdrsize. If a malicious PE file sets SizeOfHeaders (hdrsize) larger than SectionAlignment (pagesize), the subtraction underflows and produces a very large unsigned length. The code allocates a zero-filled buffer of pagesize bytes and then attempts to hash pagesize - hdrsize bytes from that buffer. After the underflow, this results in an out-of-bounds read from the heap and can crash the process. The vulnerability can be triggered while signing a malicious PE file with page hashing enabled (-ph), or while verifying a malicious signed PE file that already contains page hashes. Verification of an already signed file does not require the verifier to pass -ph. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.13.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
mtrojnar osslsigncode < 2.13 —

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 2.13-1 —
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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