CVE-2025-64096
HIGHCryptoLib < 1.4.2 - Stack-based Buffer Overflow via TLV Packet Length Spoofing
Title source: llmDescription
CryptoLib provides a software-only solution using the CCSDS Space Data Link Security Protocol - Extended Procedures (SDLS-EP) to secure communications between a spacecraft running the core Flight System (cFS) and a ground station. Prior to 1.4.2, there is a missing bounds check in Crypto_Key_update() (crypto_key_mgmt.c) which allows a remote attacker to trigger a stack-based buffer overflow by supplying a TLV packet with a spoofed length field. The function calculates the number of keys from an attacker-controlled field (pdu_len), which may exceed the static array size (kblk[98]), leading to an out-of-bounds write and potential memory corruption. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.4.2.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/nasa/CryptoLib/security/advisories/GHSA-w6c3-pxvr-6m6j
Scores
CVSS v3
8.8
EPSS
0.0042
EPSS Percentile
33.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-121
Status
published
Products (1)
nasa/cryptolib
< 1.4.2
Published
Oct 30, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026