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CVE-2025-69420
published 2026-01-27

CVE-2025-69420: Issue summary: A type confusion vulnerability exists in the TimeStamp Response verification code where an ASN1_TYPE union member is accessed without first…

PriorityP342high7.5CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.77%
51.4th percentile
Issue summary: A type confusion vulnerability exists in the TimeStamp Response verification code where an ASN1_TYPE union member is accessed without first validating the type, causing an invalid or NULL pointer dereference when processing a malformed TimeStamp Response file. Impact summary: An application calling TS_RESP_verify_response() with a malformed TimeStamp Response can be caused to dereference an invalid or NULL pointer when reading, resulting in a Denial of Service. The functions ossl_ess_get_signing_cert() and ossl_ess_get_signing_cert_v2() access the signing cert attribute value without validating its type. When the type is not V_ASN1_SEQUENCE, this results in accessing invalid memory through the ASN1_TYPE union, causing a crash. Exploiting this vulnerability requires an attacker to provide a malformed TimeStamp Response to an application that verifies timestamp responses. The TimeStamp protocol (RFC 3161) is not widely used and the impact of the exploit is just a Denial of Service. For these reasons the issue was assessed as Low severity. The FIPS modules in 3.5, 3.4, 3.3 and 3.0 are not affected by this issue, as the TimeStamp Response implementation is outside the OpenSSL FIPS module boundary. OpenSSL 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, 3.3, 3.0 and 1.1.1 are vulnerable to this issue. OpenSSL 1.0.2 is not affected by this issue.

Affected

26 ranges· showing 25
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianopenssl< openssl 3.0.18-1~deb12u2 (bookworm)openssl 3.0.18-1~deb12u2 (bookworm)
opensslopenssl>= 0 < 3.0.19-r03.0.19-r0
opensslopenssl>= 0 < 3.3.6-r03.3.6-r0
opensslopenssl>= 0 < 3.3.6-r03.3.6-r0
opensslopenssl>= 0 < 3.5.5-r03.5.5-r0
opensslopenssl>= 0 < 3.5.5-r03.5.5-r0
opensslopenssl>= 0 < 1.1.1w-0+deb11u51.1.1w-0+deb11u5
opensslopenssl>= 0 < 3.0.18-1~deb12u23.0.18-1~deb12u2
opensslopenssl>= 0 < 3.5.4-1~deb13u23.5.4-1~deb13u2
opensslopenssl>= 0 < 3.5.5-13.5.5-1
opensslopenssl>= 0 < 3.0.2-0ubuntu1.213.0.2-0ubuntu1.21
opensslopenssl>= 0 < 3.0.13-0ubuntu3.73.0.13-0ubuntu3.7
opensslopenssl>= 0 < 3.5.3-1ubuntu33.5.3-1ubuntu3
opensslopenssl>= 0 < 1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.27+esm121.0.1f-1ubuntu2.27+esm12
opensslopenssl>= 0 < 1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.20+esm141.0.2g-1ubuntu4.20+esm14
opensslopenssl>= 0 < 1.1.1-1ubuntu2.1~18.04.23+esm71.1.1-1ubuntu2.1~18.04.23+esm7
opensslopenssl>= 0 < 1.1.1f-1ubuntu2.24+esm21.1.1f-1ubuntu2.24+esm2
opensslopenssl>= 0 < 1.1.1-1ubuntu2.fips.2.1~18.04.23.71.1.1-1ubuntu2.fips.2.1~18.04.23.7
opensslopenssl>= 0 < 1.1.1f-1ubuntu2.fips.24.21.1.1f-1ubuntu2.fips.24.2
opensslopenssl>= 0 < 3.0.2-0ubuntu1.21+Fips13.0.2-0ubuntu1.21+Fips1
opensslopenssl>= 1.1.1 < 1.1.1ze1.1.1ze
opensslopenssl>= 3.0.0 < 3.0.193.0.19
opensslopenssl>= 3.3.0 < 3.3.63.3.6
opensslopenssl>= 3.4.0 < 3.4.43.4.4
opensslopenssl>= 3.5.0 < 3.5.53.5.5

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv7.5HIGH
vendor_debian7.5HIGH
vendor_redhat7.5HIGH
vendor_ubuntu6.1MEDIUM
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