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ALPINE-CVE-2023-1255

ALPINE-CVE-2023-1255 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.900000095367432 MEDIUM

Issue summary: The AES-XTS cipher decryption implementation for 64 bit ARM platform contains a bug that could cause it to read past the input buffer, leading to a crash. Impact summary: Applications that use the AES-XTS algorithm on the 64 bit ARM platform can crash in rare circumstances. The AES-XTS algorithm is usually used for disk encryption. The AES-XTS cipher decryption implementation for 64 bit ARM platform will read past the end of the ciphertext buffer if the ciphertext size is 4 mod 5 in 16 byte blocks, e.g. 144 bytes or 1024 bytes. If the memory after the ciphertext buffer is unmapped, this will trigger a crash which results in a denial of service. If an attacker can control the size and location of the ciphertext buffer being decrypted by an application using AES-XTS on 64 bit ARM, the application is affected. This is fairly unlikely making this issue a Low severity one.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1
5.900000095367432
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Alpine:v3.16openssl33.0.8-r2, 3.0.2-r0, 3.0.8-r1
Alpine:v3.15openssl31.1.1-r3, 3.0.0-r2, 3.0.0-r0
Alpine:v3.18openssl1.1.1-r5, 1.1.1a-r0, 1.1.1a-r1
Alpine:v3.19openssl*, 3.1.0-r3, 3.1.0-r2
Alpine:v3.23openssl*, *, *
Alpine:v3.22openssl1.1.1-r5, 1.1.1-r0, 1.1.1-r1
Alpine:v3.20openssl3.1.0-r0, 3.0.8-r0, 3.0.7-r2
Alpine:v3.21openssl1.1.1l-r0, *, 3.1.0-r2
Alpine:v3.17openssl3.0.0-r2, 1.1.1-r2, 1.1.1-r1

Timeline

  • Apr 20, 2023 CVE Published
  • Dec 3, 2025 CVE Updated
  • Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
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