PT-2024-14912 · Openvpn · Openvpn 3 Core Library

Published 2024-02-20 · Updated 2025-08-21 · CVE-2023-6247

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions OpenVPN 3 Core Library versions through 3.8.3

Description The issue is related to the PKCS#7 parser in the OpenVPN 3 Core Library, which did not properly validate the parsed data. This would result in the application crashing.

Recommendations For OpenVPN 3 Core Library versions through 3.8.3, update to a version later than 3.8.3 to resolve the issue. At the moment, there is no information about other mitigation measures.

Fix

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-6247

Affected Products

Openvpn 3 Core Library

References · 7

• https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2023-6247 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6247 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-6247 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cveNotify/133008 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/99673 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cveNotify/132998 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1760014551444054275 · Twitter Post