CVE-2025-52497

MEDIUMNVD 4.84.8—Trending — 4 sources updated this week

4.8

Mbed TLS before 3.6.4 has a PEM parsing one-byte heap-based buffer underflow, in mbedtls_pem_read_buffer and two mbedtls_pk_parse functions, via untrusted PEM input.

CVSS v3: 4.8
EG Score: 4.8(medium)
EPSS: 58.7%
KEV: Not listed

Published

July 4, 2025

Last Modified

November 3, 2025

References (2)

cve@mitrehttps://github.com/Mbed-TLS/mbedtls-docs/blob/main/security-advisories/mbedtls-security-advisory-2025-06-2.md
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/08/msg00013.html

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / Ecosystem	Fixed in / Patch	Released	Source
ubuntu	libmbedx509-1t64 (2.28.8-1ubuntu0.1~esm1) @ noble	2026-05-30	ubuntu

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

CWE-193Off-by-one Error

All Vendor Advisories

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Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

UbuntuUSN-8123-1MEDIUM
Mbed TLS vulnerabilities

Data Freshness Timeline

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2026-05-30 02:34 UTCEG score recompute
2026-05-30 02:34 UTCVendor advisory
2026-05-30 02:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-52497?

CVE-2025-52497 is a medium vulnerability published on July 4, 2025. Mbed TLS before 3.6.4 has a PEM parsing one-byte heap-based buffer underflow, in mbedtlspemreadbuffer and two mbedtlspk_parse functions, via untrusted PEM input.

When was CVE-2025-52497 disclosed?

CVE-2025-52497 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 4, 2025, with the most recent update on November 3, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2025-52497 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-52497 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 58.7% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-52497?

CVE-2025-52497 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.8 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2025-52497?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-52497, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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