CVE-2024-45158: trustedfirmware mbed_tls Stack-based Buffer Overflow

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-45158 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in trustedfirmware mbed_tls. EPSS estimates a 0.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 51.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 05-09-2024
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 25-11-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An issue was discovered in Mbed TLS 3.6 before 3.6.1. A stack buffer overflow in mbedtls_ecdsa_der_to_raw() and mbedtls_ecdsa_raw_to_der() can occur when the bits parameter is larger than the largest supported curve. In some configurations with PSA disabled, all values of bits are affected. (This never happens in internal library calls, but can affect applications that call these functions directly.)

• CWE-121Stack-based Buffer OverflowA stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function).