Out-of-bounds write in OpenSSL - CVE-2025-69419
Published: January 27, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU122082
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-69419
CWE-ID: CWE-787
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: OpenSSL Software Foundation
Affected software:
OpenSSL
OpenSSL
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the PKCS12_get_friendlyname() function when parsing PKCS#12 file with a BMPString (UTF-16BE) friendly name containing non-ASCII BMP code point. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted PKCS#12 file to the application, trigger an out-of-bounds write and perform a denial of service attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-69419
Install updates from vendor's website.