Bug 2553943 (CVE-2026-111458) - CVE-2026-111458 ssldump: ssldump: Arbitrary code execution via heap-based buffer overflow in certificate fingerprint formatting
Summary: CVE-2026-111458 ssldump: ssldump: Arbitrary code execution via heap-based buf...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-111458
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2554364 2554367
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Reported: 2026-10-16 05:41 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-16 18:38 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-16 05:41:23 UTC
The fanx_fingerprint function in ssl/sslxprint.c of ssldump allocates a heap buffer for formatting FAN/1 X.509 certificate fingerprints. The allocation size is computed as strlen(b64) + strlen(hex) + 31, but the format string "fan1:x509:server:passive:%s:sha256:%s" contains 33 fixed characters in addition to the two variable-length fields and a null terminator, requiring strlen(b64) + strlen(hex) + 34 bytes. This miscalculation results in a 3-byte heap-based buffer overflow on every invocation of the function with valid inputs. The overflow occurs because sprintf writes the full formatted string into the undersized heap buffer without bounds checking. An attacker who can supply a crafted pcap file containing a TLS X.509 certificate to a user running ssldump with FAN/1 fingerprinting enabled (for example with the -j -N options) can trigger the overflow. The resulting heap corruption may lead to denial of service through a crash or, in a worst-case scenario, arbitrary code execution in the context of the user running ssldump. The vulnerability is deterministic and requires no special privileges beyond the ability to provide input to the tool.


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