High severity · published Feb 8, 2023
CVE-2023-0216
An invalid pointer dereference on read can be triggered when an application tries to load malformed PKCS7 data with the d2i_PKCS7(), d2i_PKCS7_bio() or d2i_PKCS7_fp() functions
7.5
CVSS
1.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An invalid pointer dereference on read can be triggered when an
application tries to load malformed PKCS7 data with the
d2i_PKCS7(), d2i_PKCS7_bio() or d2i_PKCS7_fp() functions.
The result of the dereference is an application crash which could
lead to a denial of service attack. The TLS implementation in OpenSSL
does not call this function however third party applications might
call these functions on untrusted data.
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)1.8% · higher than 79% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OP
Openssl · Openssl
3.0.0 through 3.0.7 · source: NVD
SM
Stormshield Management Center · Stormshield
before 3.3.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0216
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0216
Patch
https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=commitdiff;h=934a04f0e775309cadbef0aa6b9692e1b12a76c6
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202402-08
Vendor Advisory
https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20230207.txt
psirt.global.sonicwall.com
https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2023-0003
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