CVE-2025-4432: ring has some AES functions that may panic when overflow checking is enabled in
A flaw was found in Rust’s Ring package. A panic may be triggered when overflow checking is enabled. In the QUIC protocol, this flaw allows an attacker to induce this panic by sending a specially crafted packet. It will likely occur unintentionally in 1 out of every 2**32 packets sent or received.
References
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-4432
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2350655
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-c86p-w88r-qvqr
- github.com/briansmith/ring
- github.com/briansmith/ring/blob/main/RELEASES.md
- github.com/briansmith/ring/commit/ec2d3cf1d91f148c84e4806b4f0b3c98f6df3b38
- github.com/briansmith/ring/pull/2447
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-4432
- rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2025-0009.html
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