# CVE-2026-49760: Stack Buffer Overflow in ei\_s\_print\_term at Very Large Integer

- Also known as: EEF-CVE-2026-49760, GHSA-XCXJ-5PG2-V72J
- Severity: CVSS 6.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fix: a fix or patch is referenced
- Published: 2026-06-10 · Updated: 2026-09-24

## Affected

- otp: from 17.0, fixed in \*
- erl\_interface: from 3.7.16, fixed in \*
- erlang/otp: from 84adefa331c4159d432d22840663c38f155cd4c1, fixed in 0bef277b2d39dc8babb9ceb4f5d0a456f3007111

## Description

Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Erlang OTP (erl_interface) allows Stack-based Buffer Overflow. This vulnerability is associated with program file lib/erl_interface/src/misc/ei_printterm.c and program routine ei_s_print_term. The C function ei_s_print_term uses an internal 2000-character stack buffer to format terms. When called with an encoded Erlang term containing a very large integer (encoded representation exceeding 2000 characters), the buffer overflows. The overflow bytes are restricted to the ASCII values of 0-9 and A-F, which limits exploitation to Denial of Service. The companion function ei_print_term, which prints directly to a FILE instead of a memory buffer, does not contain this bug. This issue affects OTP from OTP 17.0 before OTP 27.3.4.13, OTP 28.5.0.2, and OTP 29.0.2, corresponding to erl_interface from 3.7.16 before 5.5.2.1, 5.7.0.1, and 5.8.1. Whether OTP before OTP 17.0, corresponding to erl_interface before 3.7.16, is affected is unknown.

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## References

- https://github.com/erlang/otp/security/advisories/GHSA-xcxj-5pg2-v72j
- https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-49760.html
- https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-49760
- https://www.erlang.org/doc/system/versions.html#order-of-versions
- https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/0bef277b2d39dc8babb9ceb4f5d0a456f3007111

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