High severity · published Jan 22, 2016
CVE-2015-6925
wolfSSL (formerly CyaSSL) before 3.6.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption or traffic amplification) via a crafted DTLS cookie in a…
7.5
CVSS
3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
wolfSSL (formerly CyaSSL) before 3.6.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption or traffic amplification) via a crafted DTLS cookie in a ClientHello message.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.0% · higher than 87% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WO
Wolfssl · Wolfssl
through 3.6.6 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6925
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-6925
wolfssl.com
http://wolfssl.com/wolfSSL/Docs-wolfssl-changelog.html
Exploit
https://github.com/IAIK/wolfSSL-DoS
Exploit
https://wolfssl.com/wolfSSL/Blog/Entries/2015/9/17_Two_Vulnerabilities_Recently_Found%2C_An_Attack_on_RSA_using_CRT_and_DoS_Vulnerability_With_DTLS.html
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