CVE-2025-15467 | Stack buffer overflow in CMS (Auth)EnvelopedData parsing

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Issue summary: Parsing CMS AuthEnvelopedData or EnvelopedData message with maliciously crafted AEAD parameters can trigger a stack buffer overflow. Impact summary: A stack buffer overflow may lead to a crash, causing Denial of Service, or potentially remote code execution. When parsing CMS (Auth)EnvelopedData structures that use AEAD ciphers such as AES-GCM, the IV (Initialization Vector) encoded in the ASN.1 parameters is copied into a fixed-size stack buffer without verifying that its length fits the destination. An attacker can supply a crafted CMS message with an oversized IV, causing a stack-based out-of-bounds write before any authentication or tag verification occurs. Applications and services that parse untrusted CMS or PKCS#7 content using AEAD ciphers (e.g., S/MIME (Auth)EnvelopedData with AES-GCM) are vulnerable. Because the overflow occurs prior to authentication, no valid key material is required to trigger it. While exploitability to remote code execution depends on platform and toolchain mitigations, the stack-based write primitive represents a severe risk. The FIPS modules in 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, 3.3 and 3.0 are not affected by this issue, as the CMS implementation is outside the OpenSSL FIPS module boundary. OpenSSL 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, 3.3 and 3.0 are vulnerable to this issue. OpenSSL 1.1.1 and 1.0.2 are not affected by this issue.

Published: 2026-01-27 Last update: 2026-05-07 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-15467 is rated High Exploit Risk (80.8/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.89%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2025-15467

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-15467

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-29 2.62% 2.89% +0.27%
2 2026-05-13 2.10% 2.62% +0.52%
3 2026-05-08 2.10%

Full EPSS history (17 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-15467

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
2.8 5.9 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-15467

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-15467

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2025-15467: 1 source package rows (openssl); 99 state rows across 6 repos (3.19-main, 3.20-main, 3.21-main, 3.22-main, 3.23-main, edge-main); fixed 5, open 94. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2025-15467
debian unimportant CVE-2025-15467 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (openssl), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-15467
redhat high https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-15467
suse critical CVE-2025-15467 severity critical: SUSE including 391 source package names (1.1.1-1.15:libopenssl3-3.2.3-150700.5.24.1, 1.1.1-1.15:openssl-3-3.2.3-150700.5.24.1, …), 1234 product×package rows across 257 product lines (Container private-registry/harbor-core, Container private-registry/harbor-exporter, … (257 product lines)): Fixed 728, Known Not Affected 267, Known Affected 231, First Fixed 8. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-15467/
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-15467 medium priority: Ubuntu including 4 source packages (edk2, nodejs, openssl, openssl1.0), 36 status rows across 10 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, plucky, questing, resolute, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 15, needs-triage 8, DNE 5, released 5, ignored 2, needed 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-15467

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-15467

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openssl openssl >= 3.0.0, < 3.0.19 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openssl openssl >= 3.1.0, < 3.3.6 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openssl openssl >= 3.4.0, < 3.4.4 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openssl openssl >= 3.5.0, < 3.5.5 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openssl openssl >= 3.6.0, < 3.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-15467

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