High severity · published Sep 29, 2022
CVE-2022-39173
In wolfSSL before 5.5.1, malicious clients can cause a buffer overflow during a TLS 1.3 handshake
7.5
CVSS
5.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In wolfSSL before 5.5.1, malicious clients can cause a buffer overflow during a TLS 1.3 handshake. This occurs when an attacker supposedly resumes a previous TLS session. During the resumption Client Hello a Hello Retry Request must be triggered. Both Client Hellos are required to contain a list of duplicate cipher suites to trigger the buffer overflow. In total, two Client Hellos have to be sent: one in the resumed session, and a second one as a response to a Hello Retry Request message.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/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)5.8% · higher than 93% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WO
Wolfssl · Wolfssl
before 5.5.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-39173
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-39173
Exploit
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169600/wolfSSL-Buffer-Overflow.html
Mailing List
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/24
blog.trailofbits.com
https://blog.trailofbits.com/2023/01/12/wolfssl-vulnerabilities-tlspuffin-fuzzing-ssh/
Release Notes
https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/releases
Vendor Advisory
https://www.wolfssl.com/docs/security-vulnerabilities/
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