Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:39215NULL Pointer Dereference
7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.002 Low
EPSS
Percentile
54.5%
openssl is vulnerable to null point dereference. The vulnerability exists because there is a missing check for the return value from the initialization function which later leads to invalid usage of the digest api most likely leading to a crash.
References
git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=commitdiff;h=d3b6dfd70db844c4499bec6ad6601623a565e674
secdb.alpinelinux.org/edge/main.yaml
secdb.alpinelinux.org/v3.15/main.yaml
secdb.alpinelinux.org/v3.16/main.yaml
secdb.alpinelinux.org/v3.17/main.yaml
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202402-08
www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20230207.txt
Related
7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.002 Low
EPSS
Percentile
54.5%