#VU83930 NULL pointer dereference in cryptography - CVE-2023-49083
Published: December 6, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU83930
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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-2023-49083
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
cryptography
cryptography
Software vendor:
Сryptography
Сryptography
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 when calling the load_pem_pkcs7_certificates() or load_der_pkcs7_certificates() functions. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted PKCS7 blob/certificate certificate to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.