cryptography vulnerable to NULL-dereference when loading PKCS7 certificates
13Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 5.9epss 1.0%
exploitation probability
1.0%top 41% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
cryptography is a package designed to expose cryptographic primitives and recipes to Python developers. Calling `load_pem_pkcs7_certificates` or `load_der_pkcs7_certificates` could lead to a NULL-pointer dereference and segfault. Exploitation of this vulnerability poses a serious risk of Denial of Service (DoS) for any application attempting to deserialize a PKCS7 blob/certificate. The consequences extend to potential disruptions in system availability and stability. This vulnerability has been patched in version 41.0.6.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products
pyca · cryptographyReferences
https://github.com/pyca/cryptography/commit/f09c261ca10a31fe41b1262306db7f8f1da0e48ahttps://github.com/pyca/cryptography/pull/9926https://github.com/pyca/cryptography/security/advisories/GHSA-jfhm-5ghh-2f97https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00012.htmlhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QMNTYMUGFJSDBYBU22FUYBHFRZODRKXV/