Possible Out of Bounds Read in X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set1_email()

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-42771
StatePUBLISHED
Assigneropenssl
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-06-09 17:17:08 UTC
Updated2026-06-10 08:16:24 UTC
DescriptionIssue summary: When the X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set1_email is called by an application to validate a crafted e-mail address, such as during S/MIME message validation, an out of bounds read can happen. Impact summary: This out of bounds read will not directly exfiltrate the data read to the attacker so the most likely result is a crash and a Denial of Service. An internal helper function called from X509_VERIFY_PARAM_[set|add]_email() used a wrong length when validating the local part of an email address. This could cause the 64 octet limit on the local part of an email address to be not enforced, or cause an out of bound read and potentially a crash. The bug is reachable via S-MIME validation with a crafted From: address supplied in an email message that can potentially cause a crash. No FIPS modules are affected by this issue as the affected code is outside the OpenSSL FIPS module boundary.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 6.2 MEDIUM from ADP

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-125 | CWE-125 CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1ADPDECLARED6.2MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.1134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0Secondary6.2MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA OpenSSL OpenSSL affected 4.0.0 4.0.1 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/6cd187689f8180c1f8a3acde21f88190c4a20de7 [email protected] github.com
openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20260609.txt [email protected] openssl-library.org
github.com/openssl/security/commit/6cd187689f8180c1f8a3acde21f88190c4a20de7 MITRE github.com
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Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: TrendAI Zero Day Initiative (en)

CNA: Bob Beck (en)

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