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  - Issue summary: Parsing CMS AuthEnvelopedData message with maliciously crafted AEAD parameters can trigger     a stack buffer overflow. Impact summary: A stack buffer overflow may lead to a crash, causing Denial of     Service, or potentially remote code execution. When parsing CMS AuthEnvelopedData structures that use AEAD     ciphers such as AES-GCM, the IV (Initialization Vector) encoded in the ASN.1 parameters is copied into a     fixed-size stack buffer without verifying that its length fits the destination. An attacker can supply a     crafted CMS message with an oversized IV, causing a stack-based out-of-bounds write before any     authentication or tag verification occurs. Applications and services that parse untrusted CMS or PKCS#7     content using AEAD ciphers (e.g., S/MIME AuthEnvelopedData with AES-GCM) are vulnerable. Because the     overflow occurs prior to authentication, no valid key material is required to trigger it. While     exploitability to remote code execution depends on platform and toolchain mitigations, the stack-based     write primitive represents a severe risk. The FIPS modules in 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, 3.3 and 3.0 are not affected     by this issue, as the CMS implementation is outside the OpenSSL FIPS module boundary. OpenSSL 3.6, 3.5,     3.4, 3.3 and 3.0 are vulnerable to this issue. OpenSSL 1.1.1 and 1.0.2 are not affected by this issue.
    (CVE-2025-15467)

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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-15467

critical Nessus Plugin ID 296783

Version 1.9