CVE-2025-9232

Name
CVE-2025-9232
Description
Issue summary: An application using the OpenSSL HTTP client API functions may trigger an out-of-bounds read if the 'no_proxy' environment variable is set and the host portion of the authority component of the HTTP URL is an IPv6 address. Impact summary: An out-of-bounds read can trigger a crash which leads to Denial of Service for an application. The OpenSSL HTTP client API functions can be used directly by applications but they are also used by the OCSP client functions and CMP (Certificate Management Protocol) client implementation in OpenSSL. However the URLs used by these implementations are unlikely to be controlled by an attacker. In this vulnerable code the out of bounds read can only trigger a crash. Furthermore the vulnerability requires an attacker-controlled URL to be passed from an application to the OpenSSL function and the user has to have a 'no_proxy' environment variable set. For the aforementioned reasons the issue was assessed as Low severity. The vulnerable code was introduced in the following patch releases: 3.0.16, 3.1.8, 3.2.4, 3.3.3, 3.4.0 and 3.5.0. The FIPS modules in 3.5, 3.4, 3.3, 3.2, 3.1 and 3.0 are not affected by this issue, as the HTTP client implementation is outside the OpenSSL FIPS module boundary.
NVD Severity
unknown
Other trackers
Mailing lists
Exploits
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
patch https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/2b4ec20e47959170422922eaff25346d362dcb35
patch https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/654dc11d23468a74fc8ea4672b702dd3feb7be4b
patch https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/7cf21a30513c9e43c4bc3836c237cf086e194af3
patch https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/89e790ac431125a4849992858490bed6b225eadf
patch https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/bbf38c034cdabd0a13330abcc4855c866f53d2e0
vendor-advisory https://openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20250930.txt
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/30/5

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
openssl >= 3.5.0 < 3.5.4
openssl >= 3.4.0 < 3.4.3
openssl >= 3.3.3 < 3.3.5
openssl >= 3.2.4 < 3.2.6
openssl >= 3.0.16 < 3.0.18

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status
openssl edge-main 3.5.4-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> fixed
openssl edge-main 3.5.3-r2 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
openssl edge-main 3.5.3-r1 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
openssl edge-main 3.5.3-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
openssl edge-main 3.5.2-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
openssl edge-main 3.5.1-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
openssl edge-main 3.5.0-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
openssl edge-main 3.3.3-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
openssl 3.23-main 3.5.4-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> fixed
openssl 3.22-main 3.5.4-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> fixed
openssl 3.22-main 3.5.3-r1 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
openssl 3.22-main 3.5.3-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
openssl 3.22-main 3.5.2-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
openssl 3.22-main 3.5.1-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
openssl 3.22-main 3.5.0-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
openssl 3.22-main 3.3.3-r0 None possibly vulnerable
openssl 3.21-main 3.3.5-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> fixed
openssl 3.21-main 3.3.4-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
openssl 3.21-main 3.3.3-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
openssl 3.20-main 3.3.5-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> fixed
openssl 3.20-main 3.3.4-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
openssl 3.20-main 3.3.3-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
openssl 3.19-main 3.1.8-r1 Ariadne Conill <ariadne@dereferenced.org> fixed