PT-2017-15545 · Wolfssl · Wolfssl

Aleksandar Nikolic · Published 2017-05-24 · Updated 2023-01-28 · CVE-2017-2800

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions wolfSSL versions 3.10.2 and earlier

Description A specially crafted x509 certificate can cause a single out of bounds byte overwrite, resulting in potential certificate validation issues, denial of service, and possible remote code execution. To trigger this issue, an attacker needs to supply a malicious x509 certificate to either a server or a client application using this library.

Recommendations For versions 3.10.2 and earlier, update to a version that contains a fix for this issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Improper Certificate Validation

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-295

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-2800

Affected Products

Wolfssl

References · 10

• 🔥 https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0293 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/41984 · Exploit
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2800 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-2800 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-2800 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-2800 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2800 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2800 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2800 · Security Note
• http://talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2017-0293 · Note