CVE-2026-39853 (GCVE-0-2026-39853)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-09 15:50 – Updated: 2026-04-09 16:15
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
osslsigncode has a Stack Buffer Overflow via Unbounded Digest Copy During Signature Verification
Summary
osslsigncode is a tool that implements Authenticode signing and timestamping. Prior to 2.12, A stack buffer overflow vulnerability exists in osslsigncode in several signature verification paths. During verification of a PKCS#7 signature, the code copies the digest value from a parsed SpcIndirectDataContent structure into a fixed-size stack buffer (mdbuf[EVP_MAX_MD_SIZE], 64 bytes) without validating that the source length fits within the destination buffer. This pattern is present in the verification handlers for PE, MSI, CAB, and script files. An attacker can craft a malicious signed file with an oversized digest field in SpcIndirectDataContent. When a user verifies such a file with osslsigncode verify, the unbounded memcpy can overflow the stack buffer and corrupt adjacent stack state. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.12.
Severity
7.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-04-09 16:13 UTC
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/mtrojnar/osslsigncode/security… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/mtrojnar/osslsigncode/commit/c… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/mtrojnar/osslsigncode/releases… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mtrojnar | osslsigncode |
Affected:
< 2.12
|
guessed |
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