Critical
Security advisory
ARM mbed TLS before 1.3.22, before 2.1.10, and before 2.7.0, when the truncated HMAC extension and CBC are used, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap corruption) via a crafted application packet within a TLS or DTLS session.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2018-0488
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 04:32 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
ARM mbed TLS before 1.3.22, before 2.1.10, and before 2.7.0, when the truncated HMAC extension and CBC are used, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap corruption) via a crafted application packet within a TLS or DTLS session.
osv:CVE-2018-0488
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-0488",
"method": "structured",
"payload": {
"kind": "advisory",
"title": "CVE-2018-0488",
"summary": "ARM mbed TLS before 1.3.22, before 2.1.10, and before 2.7.0, when the truncated HMAC extension and CBC are used, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap corruption) via a crafted application packet within a TLS or DTLS session.",
"evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-0488",
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"aliases": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
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"mbedtls-2.5.1",
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"mbedtls-2.4.0",
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"mbedtls-2.2.0",
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"mbedtls-1.3.14",
"mbedtls-2.1.0",
"mbedtls-1.3.13",
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"mbedtls-1.3.12",
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"polarssl-1.3.9",
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"polarssl-1.3.7",
"polarssl-1.3.6",
"polarssl-1.3.5",
"polarssl-1.3.4",
"polarssl-1.3.3",
"polarssl-1.3.2",
"polarssl-1.3.1",
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"database_specific": {
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}
}
],
"modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:19.695402700Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4267-1/",
"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-19",
"https://tls.mbed.org/tech-updates/security-advisories/mbedtls-security-advisory-2018-01",
"https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4138",
"https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4147"
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],
"source": "CPE_STRING"
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}
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}
},
"related_cves": [
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"evidence": "/id"
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"security_relevant": true,
"severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 430088,
"published_at": "2018-02-13T15:29:00.263+00:00"
}