CVE-2025-9820

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow

Publication date:

26/01/2026

Last modified:

26/01/2026

Description

A flaw was found in the GnuTLS library, specifically in the gnutls_pkcs11_token_init() function that handles PKCS#11 token initialization. When a token label longer than expected is processed, the function writes past the end of a fixed-size stack buffer. This programming error can cause the application using GnuTLS to crash or, in certain conditions, be exploited for code execution. As a result, systems or applications relying on GnuTLS may be vulnerable to a denial of service or local privilege escalation attacks.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.00 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Low

Base Score 3.x

4.00

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

CVE-2025-9820

Description

Impact

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