CVE-2026-4159 (GCVE-0-2026-4159)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-03-19 21:17
Modified
2026-03-20 16:29
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read
Summary
1-byte OOB heap read in wc_PKCS7_DecodeEnvelopedData via zero-length encrypted content. A vulnerability existed in wolfSSL 5.8.4 and earlier, where a 1-byte out-of-bounds heap read in wc_PKCS7_DecodeEnvelopedData could be triggered by a crafted CMS EnvelopedData message with zero-length encrypted content. Note that PKCS7 support is disabled by default.
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