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CVE-2010-0740

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20 Input Validation
Publication date:
26/03/2010
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

The ssl3_get_record function in ssl/s3_pkt.c in OpenSSL 0.9.8f through 0.9.8m allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed record in a TLS connection that triggers a NULL pointer dereference, related to the minor version number. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
5.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.8f:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.8g:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.8h:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.8i:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.8j:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.8k:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.8l:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.8m:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools