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CVE-2017-7522

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20 Input Validation
Publication date:
27/06/2017
Last modified:
20/04/2025

Description

OpenVPN versions before 2.4.3 and before 2.3.17 are vulnerable to denial-of-service by authenticated remote attacker via sending a certificate with an embedded NULL character.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
6.50
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

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

Base Score 2.0
4.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2.3.16 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.4.0:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.4.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.4.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.4.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.4.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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


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