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CVE-2025-30216: CryptoLib Has Heap Overflow in Crypto_TM_ProcessSecurity due to Unchecked Secondary Header Length

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2025-03-25 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-122

Description

CryptoLib provides a software-only solution using the CCSDS Space Data Link Security Protocol - Extended Procedures (SDLS-EP) to secure communications between a spacecraft running the core Flight System (cFS) and a ground station. In versions 1.3.3 and prior, a Heap Overflow vulnerability occurs in the `Crypto_TM_ProcessSecurity` function (`crypto_tm.c:1735:8`). When processing the Secondary Header Length of a TM protocol packet, if the Secondary Header Length exceeds the packet's total length, a heap overflow is triggered during the memcpy operation that copies packet data into the dynamically allocated buffer `p_new_dec_frame`. This allows an attacker to overwrite adjacent heap memory, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution or system instability. A patch is available at commit 810fd66d592c883125272fef123c3240db2f170f.

Affected products

• nasa CryptoLib: before 1.4.0 — fixed in 1.4.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: nasa CryptoLib 1.4.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/nasa/CryptoLib/commit/810fd66d592c883125272fef123c3240db2f170f
• https://github.com/nasa/CryptoLib/security/advisories/GHSA-v3jc-5j74-hcjv
• https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/d49cea04-ce84-4d60-bb3a-987e843f09c4

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