CVE-2017-2800
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 8.9%
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.
How to fix CVE-2017-2800
To remediate CVE-2017-2800, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 3.12.0+dfsg-1 or later
Is CVE-2017-2800 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 8.9%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 3.12.0+dfsg-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |