ALPINE-CVE-2023-1255
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
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.16 | openssl3 | 3.0.8-r2, 3.0.2-r0, 3.0.8-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.15 | openssl3 | 1.1.1-r3, 3.0.0-r2, 3.0.0-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.18 | openssl | 1.1.1-r5, 1.1.1a-r0, 1.1.1a-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.19 | openssl | *, 3.1.0-r3, 3.1.0-r2 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | openssl | *, *, * |
| Alpine:v3.22 | openssl | 1.1.1-r5, 1.1.1-r0, 1.1.1-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | openssl | 3.1.0-r0, 3.0.8-r0, 3.0.7-r2 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | openssl | 1.1.1l-r0, *, 3.1.0-r2 |
| Alpine:v3.17 | openssl | 3.0.0-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