CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-67897

MediumCVSS 5.3
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.35%

27th percentile - higher than 27% of all known CVEs

Summary

In Sequoia before version 2.1.0, the aes_key_unwrap function panics if passed a ciphertext that is too short. A remote attacker can exploit this to crash an application by sending a victim an encrypted message with a crafted PKESK or SKESK packet.

Risk Assessment

The risk is the possibility of remotely causing an application crash, potentially leading to denial of service.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Sequoia to version 2.1.0 or later, which includes the fix.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

In Sequoia before 2.1.0, aes_key_unwrap panics if passed a ciphertext that is too short. A remote attacker can take advantage of this issue to crash an application by sending a victim an encrypted message with a crafted PKESK or SKESK packet.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS