CVE-2025-69421 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Openssl
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
OSV6.1
EPSS
0.0%
top 89.61%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJan 27
Description
Issue summary: Processing a malformed PKCS#12 file can trigger a NULL pointer
dereference in the PKCS12_item_decrypt_d2i_ex() function.
Impact summary: A NULL pointer dereference can trigger a crash which leads to
Denial of Service for an application processing PKCS#12 files.
The PKCS12_item_decrypt_d2i_ex() function does not check whether the oct
parameter is NULL before dereferencing it. When called from
PKCS12_unpack_p7encdata() with a malformed PKCS#12 file, this parameter can
be NULL, cau…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages5 packages
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
7OSV▶
CVE-2025-69421: Issue summary: Processing a malformed PKCS#12 file can trigger a NULL pointer dereference in the PKCS12_item_decrypt_d2i_ex() function↗2026-01-27
OSV▶
CVE-2025-69421: Issue summary: Processing a malformed PKCS#12 file can trigger a NULL pointer
dereference in the PKCS12_item_decrypt_d2i_ex() function↗2026-01-27
GHSA▶
GHSA-w9rv-xc8m-cmqp: Issue summary: Processing a malformed PKCS#12 file can trigger a NULL pointer
dereference in the PKCS12_item_decrypt_d2i_ex() function↗2026-01-27
OSV▶
CVE-2025-69421: Issue summary: Processing a malformed PKCS#12 file can trigger a NULL pointer dereference in the PKCS12_item_decrypt_d2i_ex() function↗2026-01-27
📋Vendor Advisories
5Debian▶
CVE-2025-69421: openssl - Issue summary: Processing a malformed PKCS#12 file can trigger a NULL pointer de...↗2025