CVE-2026-5778

MEDIUM

Integer underflow leads to out-of-bounds access in sniffer ChaCha decrypt path.

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

Integer underflow in wolfSSL packet sniffer <= 5.9.0 allows an attacker to cause a program crash in the AEAD decryption path by injecting a TLS record shorter than the explicit IV plus authentication tag into traffic inspected by ssl_DecodePacket. The underflow wraps a 16-bit length to a large value that is passed to AEAD decryption routines, causing a large out-of-bounds read and crash. An unauthenticated attacker can trigger this remotely via malformed TLS Application Data records.

References (1)

Core 1

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0022
EPSS Percentile 12.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-191
Status published
Products (2)
wolfSSL/wolfSSL < 5.9.0
wolfssl/wolfssl < 5.9.1
Published Apr 09, 2026
Tracked Since Apr 10, 2026