CVE-2026-15997 (GCVE-0-2026-15997)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-16 22:17 – Updated: 2026-07-17 13:12
VLAI
Title
Native ARM SHA3 / SHAKE `restoreFullState` fails to detect size_t underflow in a crafted encoded state
Summary
Out-of-bounds write vulnerability in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC-LTS bcprov-lts8on on ARM allows Overflow Buffers. This vulnerability is associated with program files https://github.Com/bcgit/bc-lts-java/blob/main/native_c/arm/sha/shake.C, https://github.Com/bcgit/bc-lts-java/blob/main/native_c/arm/sha/sha3.C. This issue affects BC-LTS: from 2.73.0 before 2.73.12.1. Issue is only applicable if application involved is accepting memoable SHA3 / SHAKE states from potentially untrusted sources.
Severity
1.7 (Low)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/S:P/AU:N/R:A/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC-LTS Affected: 2.73.0 , < 2.73.12.1 (semver)
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