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CVE-2015-1792

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
Publication date:
12/06/2015
Last modified:
12/04/2025

Description

The do_free_upto function in crypto/cms/cms_smime.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.8zg, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0s, 1.0.1 before 1.0.1n, and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2b allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via vectors that trigger a NULL value of a BIO data structure, as demonstrated by an unrecognized X.660 OID for a hash function.

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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0.9.8zf (including)
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.0:beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.0a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.0b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.0c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.0d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.0e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.0f:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.0g:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.0h:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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


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