CVE-2025-29909Public exploitNetwork attack vector

Code execution via TC frame length underflow

Published Mar 17, 2025 · Updated Mar 18, 2025

Heap buffer overflow in NASA CryptoLib 1.3.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to crash processes or execute code via a malformed TC frame. In crypto_tc.c, Crypto_TC_ApplySecurity_Cam subtracts header lengths from the unvalidated fl field, underflows tf_payload_len, and passes the huge result to memcpy. Exploitation requires an application to process attacker-injected TC frames without strict validation; heap corruption causes a crash or code execution.

CVSS severity9.8
Critical
EPSS probability1.06%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Heap buffer overflow in NASA CryptoLib 1.3.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to crash processes or execute code via a malformed TC frame. In crypto_tc.c, Crypto_TC_ApplySecurity_Cam subtracts header lengths from the unvalidated fl field, underflows tf_payload_len, and passes the huge result to memcpy. Exploitation requires an application to process attacker-injected TC frames without strict validation; heap corruption causes a crash or code execution.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-29909
Published
Mar 17, 2025
Updated
Mar 18, 2025
Vendor
NASA
Product
CryptoLib
Classifications
CWE-787, CWE-191
Attack vector
network
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Mar 17, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Mar 18, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=<= 1.3.3

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

NASA · CryptoLibversion=<= 1.3.3

Published CVSS scores

8.9GitHub CNACVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
9.8NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitPublished

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write
CWE-191Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)

Public exploit references

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