CVE-2024-37305 HIGH

CVE-2024-37305: Buffer overflow in deserialization in oqs-provider

Vendor Open-Quantum-Safe
Product oqs-provider
Weakness CWE-120
Published June 17, 2024
Last update August 2, 2024

CVSS base score

8.2/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

oqs-provider is a provider for the OpenSSL 3 cryptography library that adds support for post-quantum cryptography in TLS, X.509, and S/MIME using post-quantum algorithms from liboqs. Flaws have been identified in the way oqs-provider handles lengths decoded with DECODE_UINT32 at the start of serialized hybrid (traditional + post-quantum) keys and signatures. Unchecked length values are later used for memory reads and writes; malformed input can lead to crashes or information leakage. Handling of plain/non-hybrid PQ key operation is not affected. This issue has been patched in in v0.6.1. All users are advised to upgrade. There are no workarounds for this issue.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

June 17, 2024 CVE published
August 2, 2024 Record updated