An issue was discovered in Vanetza V2X v26.02 allowing remote unauthorized attackers to cause a denial of service. The vulnerability exists in the GeoNetworking packet processing pipeline where OpenSSL exceptions from ECC point validation (invalid compressed point, point not on curve) are not properly caught by the Router::indicate() call chain. The openssl_wrapper.cpp check() function (line 19) throws openssl::Exception when OpenSSL operations fail. The parser's catch block in parse_secured() should catch these, but the exception escapes through subsequent processing stages (indicate_common, indicate_extended). This causes std::terminate, crashing the V2X receiver.

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Sat, 02 May 2026 08:15:00 +0000

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Title Denial of Service via Unchecked OpenSSL Exceptions in Vanetza V2X

Fri, 01 May 2026 20:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-248
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 01 May 2026 16:15:00 +0000

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Description An issue was discovered in Vanetza V2X v26.02 allowing remote unauthorized attackers to cause a denial of service. The vulnerability exists in the GeoNetworking packet processing pipeline where OpenSSL exceptions from ECC point validation (invalid compressed point, point not on curve) are not properly caught by the Router::indicate() call chain. The openssl_wrapper.cpp check() function (line 19) throws openssl::Exception when OpenSSL operations fail. The parser's catch block in parse_secured() should catch these, but the exception escapes through subsequent processing stages (indicate_common, indicate_extended). This causes std::terminate, crashing the V2X receiver.
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:N/I:N/PR:N/S:U/UI:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-01T19:45:42.041Z

Reserved: 2026-04-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2026-37554

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-01T19:37:49.005Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-01T16:16:31.060

Modified: 2026-05-01T20:16:23.853

Link: CVE-2026-37554

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-02T08:00:14Z

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