CVE-2026-43233
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: nf_conntrack_h323: fix OOB read in decode_choice()
In decode_choice(), the boundary check before get_len() uses the variable `len`, which is still 0 from its initialization at the top of the function:
When the bitstream is exactly consumed (bs->cur == bs->end), the check nf_h323_error_boundary(bs, 0, 0) evaluates to (bs->cur + 0 > bs->end), which is false. The subsequent get_len() call then dereferences *bs->cur++, reading 1 byte past the end of the buffer. If that byte has bit 7 set, get_len() reads a second byte as well.
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This can be triggered remotely by sending a crafted Q.931 SETUP message with a User-User Information Element containing exactly 2 bytes of PER-encoded data ({0x08, 0x00}) to port 1720 through a firewall with the nf_conntrack_h323 helper active. The decoder fully consumes the PER buffer before reaching this code path, resulting in a 1-2 byte heap-buffer-overflow read confirmed by AddressSanitizer.
Fix this by checking for 2 bytes (the maximum that get_len() may read) instead of the uninitialized `len`. This matches the pattern used at every other get_len() call site in the same file, where the caller checks for 2 bytes of available data before calling get_len().
Detalles técnicos trazas, registros y código del informe original
unsigned int type, ext, len = 0;
...
if (ext || (son->attr & OPEN)) {
BYTE_ALIGN(bs);
if (nf_h323_error_boundary(bs, len, 0)) /* len is 0 here */
return H323_ERROR_BOUND;
len = get_len(bs); /* OOB read */CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
- Puntuación base: 8.2
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.46%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 38
- Fecha de la puntuación: 5/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK
Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.
- Explotación
T1190Exploit Public-Facing Applicationinitial access60 % - Impacto principal
T1059Command and Scripting Interpreterexecution55 %
Inferido por reglas deterministas a partir del vector CVSS y la CWE. Solo orientativo.
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Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-125
Referencias
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a3aac4205e7d2f1aca2e3827de8cdd517d36c4a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35f1943d242e1b9f0b6e91c0c93bfb293a9f8224
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53d32735d77ab56cc3fc7bd53a7d099418f19be1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ef82863d42261817a6394c6c881bd6757a70f16
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81f2fc5b0d0cf4696146f00f837596d10b92dead
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/baed0d9ba91d4f390da12d5039128ee897253d60
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bcb50aa0b8f2b74a9fe5a1c7bee6f2657a288041
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0a83d0a4b7c127d32ac06d607a9214937716129
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