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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2010-0742

The Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) implementation in crypto/cms/cms_asn1.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.8o and 1.x before 1.0.0a does not properly handle structures that contain OriginatorInfo, which allows context-dependent attackers to modify invalid…

HIGH 7.5EPSS 7.83%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (7.83%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

The Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) implementation in crypto/cms/cms_asn1.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.8o and 1.x before 1.0.0a does not properly handle structures that contain OriginatorInfo, which allows context-dependent attackers to modify invalid memory locations or conduct double-free attacks, and possibly execute arbitrary code, via unspecified vectors.

CVSS 2.0
7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
7.83% probability · 94th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-310
Affected
openssl/openssl
Source
secalert@redhat.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.