libfsapfs through 20260921 contains an integer underflow in libfsapfs_key_encrypted_key_read_data() that allows attackers to trigger heap out-of-bounds reads via crafted KEK attributes. Attackers can supply a crafted encrypted APFS image with malformed HMAC or wrapped KEK attribute lengths to crash fsapfsinfo, pyfsapfs, dfVFS or plaso and read adjacent heap memory before password checks.
Fix
Nothing published yet: no patch, vendor advisory or mitigation reference on NVD, no vendor advisory in the News for this CVE, not in CISA's KEV, no fixed package version. BaselineWatch does not guess at one.
Change history 2
- StatusReceived → DeferredNVD modified 2026-10-16 18:25
- First seenCVSS 6.9NVD modified 2026-10-15 19:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 0
NVD has not attached CPE configurations yet.
References 6
- https://github.com/libyal/libfsapfs
- https://github.com/libyal/libfsapfs/blob/4c7c1c21f3cfc7d35f0b34b8a47f1f1562d27bbb/libfsapfs/libfsapfs_key_encrypted_key.c#L321-L333
- https://github.com/libyal/libfsapfs/blob/4c7c1c21f3cfc7d35f0b34b8a47f1f1562d27bbb/libfsapfs/libfsapfs_key_encrypted_key.c#L528-L540
- https://hackmd.io/@haind-pwn/libfsapfs-key-encrypted-key-attribute-oob-read
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/libfsapfs-through-20260921-heap-out-of-bounds-read-via-libfsapfs-key-encrypted-key-read-data
- https://hackmd.io/@haind-pwn/libfsapfs-key-encrypted-key-attribute-oob-read