# CVE-2025-4432: RUSTSEC-2025-0009 - Some AES functions may panic when overflow checking is enabled.

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-4432-go-2025-3678-ring-some-aes-functions-may-panic-when-overflow  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-03-06  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2025-4432 · Severity: medium · CVSS 4 · Published 2025-03-06

Some AES functions may panic when overflow checking is enabled.

Technologies: [ring (crates.io)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/ring). Vendors: [crates.io](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/crates-io), [Go](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/go).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-4432 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-4432 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2025-4432?** Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 4, published 6 March 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** ring (crates.io) SEMVER:introduced=0,fixed=0.17.12, SEMVER:introduced=0,fixed=0.17.13, SEMVER:introduced=0.0.0-0,fixed=0.17.12; github.com/briansmith/ring (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-4432?** Yes. ring (crates.io): upgrade to 0.17.12, 0.17.13 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2025-4432?** Check whether you run ring (crates.io) or github.com/briansmith/ring (Go) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- ring (crates.io): upgrade to 0.17.12, 0.17.13 or later

  ```sh
  cargo update -p ring
  ```


## Affected products

- ring (crates.io) SEMVER:introduced=0,fixed=0.17.12, SEMVER:introduced=0,fixed=0.17.13, SEMVER:introduced=0.0.0-0,fixed=0.17.12
- github.com/briansmith/ring (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0

## Identifiers

- CVE-2025-4432
- GHSA-4p46-pwfr-66x6
- GHSA-c86p-w88r-qvqr
- GO-2025-3678
- RUSTSEC-2025-0009

## Related threats

- [RUSTSEC-2025-0010 - Versions of *ring* prior to 0.17 are unmaintained.](https://junglewise.ai/threats/rustsec-2025-0010-versions-of-ring-prior-to-0-17-are-unmaintained-bf81232c)
- [RUSTSEC-2025-0007 - *ring* is unmaintained](https://junglewise.ai/threats/rustsec-2025-0007-ring-is-unmaintained-16eff123)
