#VU33326 Input validation error in OpenSSL - CVE-2012-0050 

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#VU33326 Input validation error in OpenSSL - CVE-2012-0050

Published: January 19, 2012 / Updated: August 3, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU33326
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-0050
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
OpenSSL
Software vendor:
OpenSSL Software Foundation

Description

The vulnerability allows remote attackers to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified vectors related to an out-of-bounds read.


Remediation

Update to version 0.9.8t.

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