CVE-2023-25564

MEDIUM

Gss-ntlmssp < 1.2.0 - Out-of-Bounds Write

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

GSS-NTLMSSP is a mechglue plugin for the GSSAPI library that implements NTLM authentication. Prior to version 1.2.0, memory corruption can be triggered when decoding UTF16 strings. The variable `outlen` was not initialized and could cause writing a zero to an arbitrary place in memory if `ntlm_str_convert()` were to fail, which would leave `outlen` uninitialized. This can lead to a denial of service if the write hits unmapped memory or randomly corrupts a byte in the application memory space. This vulnerability can trigger an out-of-bounds write, leading to memory corruption. This vulnerability can be triggered via the main `gss_accept_sec_context` entry point. This issue is fixed in version 1.2.0.

References (3)

Core 3

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0011
EPSS Percentile 28.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (1)
gss-ntlmssp_project/gss-ntlmssp < 1.2.0
Published Feb 14, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026