High severity · published May 9, 2017
CVE-2017-8854
wolfSSL before 3.10.2 has an out-of-bounds memory access with loading crafted DH parameters, aka a buffer overflow triggered by a malformed temporary DH file
7.8
CVSS
1.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
wolfSSL before 3.10.2 has an out-of-bounds memory access with loading crafted DH parameters, aka a buffer overflow triggered by a malformed temporary DH file.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.8% · higher than 78% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WO
Wolfssl · Wolfssl
through 3.10.0a · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8854
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8854
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/releases/tag/v3.10.2-stable
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