Medium severity · published Aug 21, 2020
CVE-2020-24585
An issue was discovered in the DTLS handshake implementation in wolfSSL before 4.5.0
5.3
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in the DTLS handshake implementation in wolfSSL before 4.5.0. Clear DTLS application_data messages in epoch 0 do not produce an out-of-order error. Instead, these messages are returned to the application.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/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)0.9% · higher than 59% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WO
Wolfssl · Wolfssl
before 4.5.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-24585
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-24585
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/pull/3219
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/releases/tag/v4.5.0-stable
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