CVE-2025-9820 — Stack-based Buffer Overflow in Gnutls28
Severity
4.0MEDIUMNVD
OSV5.3
EPSS
0.0%
top 99.08%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJan 26
Latest updateFeb 16
Description
A flaw was found in the GnuTLS library, specifically in the gnutls_pkcs11_token_init() function that handles PKCS#11 token initialization. When a token label longer than expected is processed, the function writes past the end of a fixed-size stack buffer. This programming error can cause the application using GnuTLS to crash or, in certain conditions, be exploited for code execution. As a result, systems or applications relying on GnuTLS may be vulnerable to a denial of service or local privileg…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:LExploitability: 2.5 | Impact: 1.4
Affected Packages1 packages
🔴Vulnerability Details
3GHSA▶
GHSA-337w-h8w7-m899: A flaw was found in the GnuTLS library, specifically in the gnutls_pkcs11_token_init() function that handles PKCS#11 token initialization↗2026-01-26
OSV▶
CVE-2025-9820: A flaw was found in the GnuTLS library, specifically in the gnutls_pkcs11_token_init() function that handles PKCS#11 token initialization↗2026-01-26
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