Medium severity · published Aug 28, 2017
CVE-2017-3735
While parsing an IPAddressFamily extension in an X.509 certificate, it is possible to do a one-byte overread
5.3
CVSS
21%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
While parsing an IPAddressFamily extension in an X.509 certificate, it is possible to do a one-byte overread. This would result in an incorrect text display of the certificate. This bug has been present since 2006 and is present in all versions of OpenSSL before 1.0.2m and 1.1.0g.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)21.0% · higher than 98% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
OP
Openssl · Openssl
0.9.7j; 0.9.7k; 0.9.7l; 0.9.7m; 0.9.8; 0.9.8a; +34 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-3735
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-3735
www.oracle.com
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html
www.oracle.com
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html
www.oracle.com
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
www.oracle.com
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100515
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039726
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