CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-39856

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.14%

4th percentile - higher than 4% of all known CVEs

Summary

osslsigncode version 2.12 and earlier contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the PE page-hash computation code (pe_page_hash_calc()). The function uses PointerToRawData and SizeOfRawData values from section headers without validating that the referenced region lies within the mapped file, allowing reads from an invalid memory region and potentially crashing the process.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can craft a PE file with section headers pointing beyond the end of the file, causing an out-of-bounds read and process crash during signing or verification. This may lead to denial of service in file signing or verification processes.

Recommendation

Update osslsigncode to version 2.13 or later. Until updated, avoid signing and verifying untrusted PE files with page hashing enabled (-ph).

Other vulnerabilities in osslsigncode

Original NVD description (English source)

osslsigncode is a tool that implements Authenticode signing and timestamping. Prior to 2.13, an out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in osslsigncode version 2.12 and earlier in the PE page-hash computation code (pe_page_hash_calc()). When processing PE sections for page hashing, the function uses PointerToRawData and SizeOfRawData values from section headers without validating that the referenced region lies within the mapped file. An attacker can craft a PE file with section headers that point beyond the end of the file. When osslsigncode computes page hashes for such a file, it may attempt to hash data from an invalid memory region, causing an out-of-bounds read and potentially crashing the process. The vulnerability can be triggered while signing a malicious PE file with page hashing enabled (-ph), or while verifying a malicious signed PE file that already contains page hashes. Verification of an already signed file does not require the verifier to pass -ph. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.13.

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