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CVE-2017-2800
CRITICAL9.8
Description
A specially crafted x509 certificate can cause a single out of bounds byte overwrite in wolfSSL through 3.10.2 resulting in potential certificate validation vulnerabilities, denial of service and possible remote code execution. In order to trigger this vulnerability, the attacker needs to supply a malicious x509 certificate to either a server or a client application using this library.
CVE Details
CVSS v3.1 Score9.8
SeverityCRITICAL
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack VectorNETWORK
ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredNONE
User InteractionNONE
Published5/24/2017
Last Modified4/20/2025
Sourcenvd
Honeypot Sightings0
Affected Products
wolfssl:wolfssl
Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-295
References
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0293(talos-cna@cisco.com)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41984/(talos-cna@cisco.com)
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0293(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41984/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
IOC Correlations
No correlations recorded
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