NULL pointer dereference in OpenSSL - CVE-2015-3194
Published: June 20, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU77550
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-3194
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: OpenSSL Software Foundation
Affected software:
OpenSSL
OpenSSL
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in crypto/rsa/rsa_ameth.c in OpenSSL. A remote attacker can trigger denial of service conditions via an RSA PSS ASN.1 signature that lacks a mask generation function parameter.
How to mitigate CVE-2015-3194
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability..
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