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CVE-2026-55737

Опубликовано: 27 июл. 2026
Источник: redhat
CVSS3: 7.5

Описание

Signed to Unsigned Conversion Error and Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in Erlang OTP erts allows an attacker who can supply a crafted Erlang external term format (ETF) binary to binary_to_term/1 to corrupt the BEAM heap pointer and crash the virtual machine. When decoding a LARGE_TUPLE_EXT term, the validation pass decoded_size() in erts/emulator/beam/external.c reads the 32-bit arity field as unsigned (get_uint32()), while the decode pass dec_term() reads the same field as a signed 32-bit integer (get_int32()) into an int. An arity wire value of 0x80000000 passes validation as 2147483648 but decodes as -2147483648, so the subsequent hp += n moves the heap allocation pointer backward. Neither pass enforces the runtime tuple-arity limit MAX_ARITYVAL. The result is an out-of-bounds heap write; in practice the VM detects an impossible heap size and aborts, denying service. The required padding is large when uncompressed but the compressed-ETF envelope shrinks it to a small payload on the wire. This issue affects OTP from OTP 25.0 before OTP 29.0.4, OTP 28.5.0.4 and OTP 27.3.4.15, corresponding to erts from 13.0 before 17.0.4, 16.4.0.4 and 15.2.7.11.

A flaw was found in Erlang OTP. A remote attacker can exploit a vulnerability in the Erlang external term format (ETF) decoder by providing a specially crafted binary to the binary_to_term/1 function. This manipulation of data types during processing can corrupt the system's memory, leading to an out-of-bounds write. The ultimate consequence is a denial of service (DoS), causing the Erlang virtual machine to crash.

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Important
Дефект:
CWE-787
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2507544erlang-otp: Erlang OTP: Denial of Service via crafted external term format binary

7.5 High

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CVSS3: 7.5
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