IBM 4769 Developers Toolkit up to 7.5.52 Hardware Security memory allocation

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A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in IBM 4769 Developers Toolkit up to 7.5.52. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Hardware Security Module. This manipulation causes memory allocation. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2025-3632. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in IBM 4769 Developers Toolkit up to 7.5.52. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Hardware Security Module. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory allocation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-789. The product allocates memory based on an untrusted, large size value, but it does not ensure that the size is within expected limits, allowing arbitrary amounts of memory to be allocated. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

IBM 4769 Developers Toolkit 7.0.0 through 7.5.52 could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service in the Hardware Security Module (HSM) due to improper memory allocation of an excessive size.

It is possible to read the advisory at ibm.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-3632 since 04/15/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-14300). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Vendor

• IBM

Name

• 4769 Developers Toolkit

Version

• 7.5.0
• 7.5.1
• 7.5.2
• 7.5.3
• 7.5.4
• 7.5.5
• 7.5.6
• 7.5.7
• 7.5.8
• 7.5.9
• 7.5.10
• 7.5.11
• 7.5.12
• 7.5.13
• 7.5.14
• 7.5.15
• 7.5.16
• 7.5.17
• 7.5.18
• 7.5.19
• 7.5.20
• 7.5.21
• 7.5.22
• 7.5.23
• 7.5.24
• 7.5.25
• 7.5.26
• 7.5.27
• 7.5.28
• 7.5.29
• 7.5.30
• 7.5.31
• 7.5.32
• 7.5.33
• 7.5.34
• 7.5.35
• 7.5.36
• 7.5.37
• 7.5.38
• 7.5.39
• 7.5.40
• 7.5.41
• 7.5.42
• 7.5.43
• 7.5.44
• 7.5.45
• 7.5.46
• 7.5.47
• 7.5.48
• 7.5.49
• 7.5.50
• 7.5.51
• 7.5.52

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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