# CVE-2019-18840: In wolfSSL 4.1.0 through 4.2.0c, there are missing sanity checks of memory accesses in parsing ASN.1 certificate data while handshaking.

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:N/I:N/PR:N/S:U/UI:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-11-09 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

In wolfSSL 4.1.0 through 4.2.0c, there are missing sanity checks of memory accesses in parsing ASN.1 certificate data while handshaking. Specifically, there is a one-byte heap-based buffer overflow inside the DecodedCert structure in GetName in wolfcrypt/src/asn.c because the domain name location index is mishandled. Because a pointer is overwritten, there is an invalid free.

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## References

- https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/issues/2555

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