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TI-2025-31103 Aliases CVE-2025-48965GHSA-qxjv-288g-w43x

NULL pointer dereference in mbedtls

Priority LOW 34CWE-696Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-476.

Summary

Mbed TLS before 3.6.4 has a NULL pointer dereference because mbedtls_asn1_store_named_data can trigger conflicting data with val.p of NULL but val.len greater than zero.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00574 47th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed mbedtls (Mbed): 3.6.4

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Mbedmbedtlsbefore 3.6.43.6.4Patch availableCNA
  • mbedtls VendorMbed Affected before 3.6.4 Fixed in 3.6.4 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:arm:mbed_tls:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 3.6.4VulnerableArm
  • cpe:2.3:a:arm:mbed_tls:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 3.6.4 Vulnerable ·Arm

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA mbedtls (Mbed) Fixed in 3.6.4

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    Mbed mbedtls 3.6.4

    3 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 2 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2025-30320 Use after free in mbedtlsPriority MEDIUM 48
    • TI-2025-31198 In Mbed TLS 3.6.1 through 3.6.3 before 3.6.4, a timing discrepancy in block cipher…Priority LOW 19
    Show all 3 records →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-48965
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qxjv-288g-w43x

References

Advisory 2

  • TI-2025-32620 Mbed TLS before 3.6.4 has a race condition in AESNI detection if certain compiler… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2025-30320 Use after free in mbedtls CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2019-12830 Buffer overflows were discovered in the CoAP library in Arm Mbed OS 5.14.0. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2019-12829 An integer overflow was discovered in the CoAP library in Arm Mbed OS 5.14.0. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2025-31614 Out-of-bounds read in mbedtls CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2025-20584 Use of uninitialized resource in mbedtls CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
See all 10 →

Sources

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