Authenticated crash loop via encrypted-payload underflow
Published Jun 2, 2026 · Updated Jun 2, 2026
Denial of service in Wire iOS before 4.16.0 allows remote authenticated users to trap the app in a crash loop via a crafted message. Proteus external-message processing subtracts the 16-byte authentication overhead from a shorter encrypted payload without first validating its length, causing integer underflow and a crash. A sender with conversation access can trigger the crash without user interaction, and the persistent message prevents relaunch until local state is erased.
Summary
What happened
Denial of service in Wire iOS before 4.16.0 allows remote authenticated users to trap the app in a crash loop via a crafted message. Proteus external-message processing subtracts the 16-byte authentication overhead from a shorter encrypted payload without first validating its length, causing integer underflow and a crash. A sender with conversation access can trigger the crash without user interaction, and the persistent message prevents relaunch until local state is erased.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-35049
- Published
- Jun 2, 2026
- Updated
- Jun 2, 2026
- Vendor
- Wire Swiss GmbH
- Product
- Wire iOS
- Classifications
- CWE-20, CWE-191, T1499
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Jun 2, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 2, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=< 4.16.0
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