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picoquic before 2026.11.05.3e2e3d3 Integer Overflow via TIME_STAMP Frame Decoder

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Severity
medium
Date
Affecting

  • picoquic >= 0, < 2026.11.05.3e2e3d3

CWE
  • CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound
CVSS
6.3
CVSS V4 Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Credit
Tristan Madani (Talence Security), Christian Huitema
Description
picoquic before 2026.11.05.3e2e3d3 contains an integer overflow vulnerability in picoquic_decode_time_stamp_frame() that allows remote QUIC peers to corrupt stored timestamps by sending oversized TIME_STAMP values. Attackers on connections negotiating the TIME_STAMP extension can send large values shifted by ack_delay_exponent to wrap the result, corrupting RTT and bandwidth estimation and degrading congestion control.

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