Improper Certificate Validation in MatrixSSL - CVE-2017-1000415
Published: January 9, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU37694
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1000415
CWE-ID: CWE-295
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.
MatrixSSL version 3.7.2 has an incorrect UTCTime date range validation in its X.509 certificate validation process resulting in some certificates have their expiration (beginning) year extended (delayed) by 100 years.
Affected software
MatrixSSL
How to mitigate CVE-2017-1000415
Install update from vendor's website.