CVE-2026-41509 (GCVE-0-2026-41509)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-08 13:47 – Updated: 2026-05-08 14:15
VLAI?
Title
Integer underflow in crypto_sign_open() leads to buffer overflow
Summary
CROSS implementation contains reference and optimized implementations of the CROSS post-quantum signature algorithm. Prior to commit fc6b7e7, there is a buffer overflow in crypto_sign_open() caused by an underflow of the integer mlen. This issue has been patched via commit fc6b7e7.
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Assigner
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Impacted products
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Affected:
< fc6b7e78cdf789bb5c395a81dc601356f1383da0
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Nomenclature
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