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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2015-1790

The PKCS7_dataDecodefunction in crypto/pkcs7/pk7_doit.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 (NULL pointer dereference and application crash)…

MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 24.0%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 24.0%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

The PKCS7_dataDecodefunction in crypto/pkcs7/pk7_doit.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 (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a PKCS#7 blob that uses ASN.1 encoding and lacks inner EncryptedContent data.

CVSS 2.0
5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS
23.95% probability · 98th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
openssl/openssl
Source
secalert@redhat.com
EPSS trend
0%13%25%30 October 2026: 23.95%4 November 2026: 23.95%30 October 20264 November 2026

EPSS moved from 24.0% on 30 October 2026 to 24.0% on 4 November 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.