OpenSSL denial of service | CVE-2022-4450
NAME
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OpenSSL denial of service
Platforms Affected:
OpenSSL OpenSSL 1.1.1
OpenSSL OpenSSL 3.0.0
Risk Level:
7.5
Exploitability:
Unproven
Consequences:
Denial of Service
DESCRIPTION
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OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a double-free error related to the improper handling of specific PEM data by the PEM_read_bio_ex() function. By sending specially crafted PEM files for parsing, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the system to crash.
CVSS 3.0 Information
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Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged
Access Vector:
Network
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