CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2026-5447

MEDIUM
7.5
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

Heap buffer overflow in CertFromX509 via AuthorityKeyIdentifier size confusion. A heap buffer overflow occurs when converting an X.509 certificate internally due to incorrect size handling of the AuthorityKeyIdentifier extension.

How to fix

Remediation Available
wolfsslDebian
Fixed in:5.9.1-0.1CVE-2026-5447

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.22%probability of exploitation in 30 days
13thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 13% of all known CVEs.

References

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-122 (Heap-based Buffer Overflow) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

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CVE-2015-3113Critical9.8100%KEVFix
CVE-2024-26256High7.888%-Fix
CVE-2020-25687Medium5.987%-Fix
CVE-2009-3459High8.886%KEVFix
CVE-2021-21017High8.886%KEV-
CVE-2020-25683Medium5.986%-Fix
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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-29.