CVE-2017-2800 HIGH

CVE-2017-2800

Vendor Wolfssl
Product wolfSSL
Published May 24, 2017
Last update August 5, 2024

CVSS base score

8.1/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A specially crafted x509 certificate can cause a single out of bounds byte overwrite in wolfSSL through 3.10.2 resulting in potential certificate validation vulnerabilities, denial of service and possible remote code execution. In order to trigger this vulnerability, the attacker needs to supply a malicious x509 certificate to either a server or a client application using this library.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 24, 2017 CVE published
August 5, 2024 Record updated