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CVE-2022-36027.5HighCWE-787

CVE-2022-3602: X.509 Email Address 4-byte Buffer Overflow

OpenSSL

Vendor fix available · Affected: OpenSSL · Exploitation: likely to be exploited (10% or more)

Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.

90.8%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
99th percentile
050100

Higher than 99% of scored CVEs

7.5HighCVSS 3.1
LowHigh

DescriptionCVE.org

A buffer overrun can be triggered in X.509 certificate verification, specifically in name constraint checking. Note that this occurs after certificate chain signature verification and requires either a CA to have signed the malicious certificate or for the application to continue certificate verification despite failure to construct a path to a trusted issuer. An attacker can craft a malicious email address to overflow four attacker-controlled bytes on the stack. This buffer overflow could result in a crash (causing a denial of service) or potentially remote code execution. Many platforms implement stack overflow protections which would mitigate against the risk of remote code execution. The risk may be further mitigated based on stack layout for any given platform/compiler. Pre-announcements of CVE-2022-3602 described this issue as CRITICAL. Further analysis based on some of the mitigating factors described above have led this to be downgraded to HIGH. Users are still encouraged to upgrade to a new version as soon as possible. In a TLS client, this can be triggered by connecting to a malicious server. In a TLS server, this can be triggered if the server requests client authentication and a malicious client connects. Fixed in OpenSSL 3.0.7 (Affected 3.0.0,3.0.1,3.0.2,3.0.3,3.0.4,3.0.5,3.0.6).

Affected products1

From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.

  • OpenSSL · OpenSSLFixed in OpenSSL 3.0.7 (Affected 3.0.0,3.0.1,3.0.2,3.0.3,3.…

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Exploitation
Likely to be exploited (10% or more). EPSS gives it a 10% or higher chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public check
No public nuclei template
Vendor
OpenSSL
Published
November 2022

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