CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-39855

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.14%

4th percentile - higher than 4% of all known CVEs

Summary

osslsigncode versions 2.12 and earlier contain an integer underflow vulnerability in the PE page-hash computation code (pe_page_hash_calc()). When a malicious PE file sets SizeOfHeaders (hdrsize) larger than SectionAlignment (pagesize), the subtraction underflows, producing a very large unsigned length, which leads to an out-of-bounds heap read and can crash the process. The vulnerability can be triggered while signing a malicious PE file with page hashing enabled (-ph), or while verifying a malicious signed PE file that already contains page hashes. This is fixed in 2.13.

Risk Assessment

The vulnerability can be exploited to crash the osslsigncode process during signing or verification of a malicious PE file, disrupting software signing and verification workflows. This may affect software supply chain integrity.

Recommendation

Update osslsigncode to version 2.13 or later. Avoid signing and verifying untrusted PE files until the update is applied.

Other vulnerabilities in osslsigncode

Original NVD description (English source)

osslsigncode is a tool that implements Authenticode signing and timestamping. Prior to 2.13, an integer underflow vulnerability exists in osslsigncode version 2.12 and earlier in the PE page-hash computation code (pe_page_hash_calc()). When page hash processing is performed on a PE file, the function subtracts hdrsize from pagesize without first validating that pagesize >= hdrsize. If a malicious PE file sets SizeOfHeaders (hdrsize) larger than SectionAlignment (pagesize), the subtraction underflows and produces a very large unsigned length. The code allocates a zero-filled buffer of pagesize bytes and then attempts to hash pagesize - hdrsize bytes from that buffer. After the underflow, this results in an out-of-bounds read from the heap and can crash the process. The vulnerability can be triggered while signing a malicious PE file with page hashing enabled (-ph), or while verifying a malicious signed PE file that already contains page hashes. Verification of an already signed file does not require the verifier to pass -ph. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.13.

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