CVE-2025-9230Out-of-bounds Read in Openssl

Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 90.02%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedSep 30
Latest updateMar 12

Description

Issue summary: An application trying to decrypt CMS messages encrypted using password based encryption can trigger an out-of-bounds read and write. Impact summary: This out-of-bounds read may trigger a crash which leads to Denial of Service for an application. The out-of-bounds write can cause a memory corruption which can have various consequences including a Denial of Service or Execution of attacker-supplied code. Although the consequences of a successful exploit of this vulnerability could

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 Packages15 packages

debiandebian/openssl< openssl 3.0.17-1~deb12u3 (bookworm)
CVEListV5openssl/openssl3.5.03.5.4+6
Alpineopenssl/openssl< 3.0.19-r0+5
Debianopenssl/openssl< 1.1.1w-0+deb11u4+3
Ubuntuopenssl/openssl< 3.0.2-0ubuntu1.20+5

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
OSV
CVE-2025-9230: Issue summary: An application trying to decrypt CMS messages encrypted using password based encryption can trigger an out-of-bounds read and write2025-09-30
OSV
CVE-2025-9230: Issue summary: An application trying to decrypt CMS messages encrypted using password based encryption can trigger an out-of-bounds read and write2025-09-30
OSV
openssl, openssl1.0 vulnerabilities2025-09-30

📋Vendor Advisories

7
CISA ICS
Siemens SIDIS Prime2026-03-12
Oracle
Oracle Oracle Financial Services Applications Risk Matrix: Accessibility (OpenSSL) — CVE-2025-92302026-01-15
Red Hat
openssl: Out-of-bounds read & write in RFC 3211 KEK Unwrap2025-09-30
BSD
FreeBSD-SA-25:08.openssl: Multiple vulnerabilities in OpenSSL2025-09-30
Ubuntu
OpenSSL vulnerabilities2025-09-30

💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2025-9230 openssl: Out-of-bounds read & write in RFC 3211 KEK Unwrap2025-09-17
CVE-2025-9230 — Out-of-bounds Read in Openssl | cvebase