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CVE-2024-5991

HIGH CVSS: 7.5 Published: 2024-08-27 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

In function MatchDomainName(), input param str is treated as a NULL terminated string despite being user provided and unchecked. Specifically, the function X509_check_host() takes in a pointer and length to check against, with no requirements that it be NULL terminated. If a caller was attempting to do a name check on a non-NULL terminated buffer, the code would read beyond the bounds of the input array until it found a NULL terminator.This issue affects wolfSSL: through 5.7.0.

Affected Platforms

Wolfssl Wolfssl

Weakness Type

CWE-125, CWE-125

References