High severity · published May 9, 2017
CVE-2017-8855
wolfSSL before 3.11.0 does not prevent wc_DhAgree from accepting a malformed DH key
7.5
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
wolfSSL before 3.11.0 does not prevent wc_DhAgree from accepting a malformed DH key.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 66% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WO
Wolfssl · Wolfssl
through 3.10.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8855
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8855
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/releases/tag/v3.11.0-stable
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