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CVE-2026-24738

gmrtd is a Go library for reading Machine Readable Travel Documents (MRTDs). Prior to version 0.17.2, ReadFile accepts TLVs with lengths that can range up to 4GB, which can cause unconstrained resource consumption in both memory and cpu cycles. ReadFile can consume an extended TLV with lengths well outside what would be available in ICs. It can accept something all the way up to 4GB which would take too many iterations in 256 byte chunks, and would also try to allocate memory that might not be a
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:e8bf4f544da31ab74137738410b0edcc9072fb943328ea7cabbd5f02ad371a29
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

cwe · 2 assertions

{"cweId":"CWE-770","description":"CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:4e3f8851e4a95e1a849d4569f3b80f49f21b9acdfcdbde65abef7d85758eb9cf · sha256:eef6fd9935e88706… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

{"cweId":"CWE-400","description":"CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:4e3f8851e4a95e1a849d4569f3b80f49f21b9acdfcdbde65abef7d85758eb9cf · sha256:eef6fd9935e88706… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/1/descriptions/0

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion
{"product":"gmrtd","vendor":"gmrtd","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"< 0.17.2"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:4e3f8851e4a95e1a849d4569f3b80f49f21b9acdfcdbde65abef7d85758eb9cf · sha256:eef6fd9935e88706… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"PRESENT","attackVector":"ADJACENT","baseScore":5.9,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","privilegesRequired":"NONE","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"PASSIVE","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","vulnIntegrityImpact":"NONE"},"metric_type":"cvssV4_0"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:4e3f8851e4a95e1a849d4569f3b80f49f21b9acdfcdbde65abef7d85758eb9cf · sha256:eef6fd9935e88706… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0

CWE assertions

2 source assertions
{"cweId":"CWE-770","description":"CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:4e3f8851e4a95e1a849d4569f3b80f49f21b9acdfcdbde65abef7d85758eb9cf · sha256:eef6fd9935e88706… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
{"cweId":"CWE-400","description":"CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:4e3f8851e4a95e1a849d4569f3b80f49f21b9acdfcdbde65abef7d85758eb9cf · sha256:eef6fd9935e88706… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/1/descriptions/0

Source references

3 source assertions
{"name":"https://github.com/gmrtd/gmrtd/commit/54469a95e5a20a8602ac1457b2110bfeb80c8891","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/gmrtd/gmrtd/commit/54469a95e5a20a8602ac1457b2110bfeb80c8891"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:4e3f8851e4a95e1a849d4569f3b80f49f21b9acdfcdbde65abef7d85758eb9cf · sha256:eef6fd9935e88706… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"name":"https://github.com/gmrtd/gmrtd/releases/tag/v0.17.2","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/gmrtd/gmrtd/releases/tag/v0.17.2"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:4e3f8851e4a95e1a849d4569f3b80f49f21b9acdfcdbde65abef7d85758eb9cf · sha256:eef6fd9935e88706… · /containers/cna/references/2
{"name":"https://github.com/gmrtd/gmrtd/security/advisories/GHSA-j49h-6577-5xwq","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/gmrtd/gmrtd/security/advisories/GHSA-j49h-6577-5xwq"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:4e3f8851e4a95e1a849d4569f3b80f49f21b9acdfcdbde65abef7d85758eb9cf · sha256:eef6fd9935e88706… · /containers/cna/references/0

Attribution and limitations

  • CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

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