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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-0739

Constructed ASN.1 types with a recursive definition (such as can be found in PKCS7) could eventually exceed the stack given malicious input with excessive recursion.

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 18.6%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 18.6%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Constructed ASN.1 types with a recursive definition (such as can be found in PKCS7) could eventually exceed the stack given malicious input with excessive recursion. This could result in a Denial Of Service attack. There are no such structures used within SSL/TLS that come from untrusted sources so this is considered safe. Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.0h (Affected 1.1.0-1.1.0g). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.0.2o (Affected 1.0.2b-1.0.2n).

CVSS 3.0
6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
18.60% probability · 97th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-674
Affected
openssl/openssl · canonical/ubuntu linux · debian/debian linux
Source
openssl-security@openssl.org

References

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