8.1high
CVE-2017-28001 exploit
A specially crafted x509 certificate can cause a single out of bounds byte overwrite in wolfSSL through 3.10.2 resulting in potential certi…
Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
8.1
v3.0 · CNA
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
8.5%
percentile 95%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB
Summary
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.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
8.53% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs.
Exploits and detections
- EDB-41984 wolfSSL 3.10.2 - x509 Certificate Text Parsing Off-by-One · dos · 2017-05-09
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.0 | 8.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 3.1 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| CNA | 3.0 | 8.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Affected products
- wolfSSL wolfSSL
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation
References
- exploit-db.com /exploits/41984/ · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB, x_transferred
- talosintelligence.com /vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0293 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2017-2800
- NVD: CVE-2017-2800
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