CVE-2017-2800
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...
- Published
- May 24, 2017
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- talos
- Evidence observed
- May 9, 2017
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 94.9%
- Model date
- Oct 12, 2026
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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.
Sources
Talos · multiple · May 9, 2017
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