CryptoLib Vulnerable to Heap Buffer Overflow in MariaDB SA Hexstring Conversion
Description
CryptoLib provides a software-only solution using the CCSDS Space Data Link Security Protocol - Extended Procedures (SDLS-EP) to secure communications between a spacecraft running the core Flight System (cFS) and a ground station. Prior to version 1.4.3, the convert_hexstring_to_byte_array() function in the MariaDB SA interface writes decoded bytes into a caller-provided buffer without any capacity check. When importing SA fields from the database (e.g., IV, ARSN, ABM), a malformed or oversized hex string in the database can overflow the destination buffer, corrupting adjacent heap memory. This issue has been patched in version 1.4.3.
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3- github.com/nasa/CryptoLib/commit/2372efd3da1ccb226b4297222e25f41ecc84821dmitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/nasa/CryptoLib/releases/tag/v1.4.3mitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/nasa/CryptoLib/security/advisories/GHSA-3m35-m689-h29xmitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
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