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CVE-2026-39855

MEDIUM
5.5CVSS
Published: 2026-04-09
Updated: 2026-04-13
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Description

osslsigncode is a tool that implements Authenticode signing and timestamping. Prior to 2.13, an integer underflow vulnerability exists in osslsigncode version 2.12 and earlier in the PE page-hash computation code (pe_page_hash_calc()). When page hash processing is performed on a PE file, the function subtracts hdrsize from pagesize without first validating that pagesize >= hdrsize. If a malicious PE file sets SizeOfHeaders (hdrsize) larger than SectionAlignment (pagesize), the subtraction underflows and produces a very large unsigned length. The code allocates a zero-filled buffer of pagesize bytes and then attempts to hash pagesize - hdrsize bytes from that buffer. After the underflow, this results in an out-of-bounds read from the heap and can crash the process. The vulnerability can be triggered while signing a malicious PE file with page hashing enabled (-ph), or while verifying a malicious signed PE file that already contains page hashes. Verification of an already signed file does not require the verifier to pass -ph. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.13.

CVSS Metrics

Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector
local
Complexity
low
Privileges
none
User Action
required
Scope
unchanged
Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high
Weaknesses
CWE-125CWE-190CWE-191

Metadata

Primary Vendor
UNKNOWN
Published
4/9/2026
Last Modified
4/13/2026
Source
NIST NVD
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Affected Products

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