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CVE-2015-0209

openssl: use-after-free on invalid EC private key import

Severity Score

7.5
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

Use-after-free vulnerability in the d2i_ECPrivateKey function in crypto/ec/ec_asn1.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.8zf, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0r, 1.0.1 before 1.0.1m, and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2a might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed Elliptic Curve (EC) private-key file that is improperly handled during import.

Vulnerabilidad de uso después de liberación en la función d2i_ECPrivateKey en crypto/ec/ec_asn1.c en OpenSSL anterior a 0.9.8zf, 1.0.0 anterior a 1.0.0r, 1.0.1 anterior a 1.0.1m, y 1.0.2 anterior a 1.0.2a podría permitir a atacantes remotos causar una denegación de servicio (corrupción de memoria y caída de aplicación) o posiblemente tener otro impacto no especificado a través de un fichero de clave privada Elliptic Curve (EC) malformado que se maneja incorrectamente durante su importación.

A use-after-free flaw was found in the way OpenSSL imported malformed Elliptic Curve private keys. A specially crafted key file could cause an application using OpenSSL to crash when imported.

OpenSSL is a toolkit that implements the Secure Sockets Layer and Transport Layer Security protocols, as well as a full-strength, general purpose cryptography library. An invalid pointer use flaw was found in OpenSSL's ASN1_TYPE_cmp() function. A remote attacker could crash a TLS/SSL client or server using OpenSSL via a specially crafted X.509 certificate when the attacker-supplied certificate was verified by the application. An integer underflow flaw, leading to a buffer overflow, was found in the way OpenSSL decoded malformed Base64-encoded inputs. An attacker able to make an application using OpenSSL decode a specially crafted Base64-encoded input could use this flaw to cause the application to crash. Note: this flaw is not exploitable via the TLS/SSL protocol because the data being transferred is not Base64-encoded.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2014-11-18 CVE Reserved
  • 2015-03-19 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-06 CVE Updated
  • 2025-05-04 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-416: Use After Free
CAPEC
References (46)
URL Date SRC
URL Date SRC
URL Date SRC
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jun/msg00002.html 2023-11-07
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152733.html 2023-11-07
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152734.html 2023-11-07
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152844.html 2023-11-07
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/156823.html 2023-11-07
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157177.html 2023-11-07
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00022.html 2023-11-07
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00037.html 2023-11-07
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00011.html 2023-11-07
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00062.html 2023-11-07
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142841429220765&w=2 2023-11-07
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143213830203296&w=2 2023-11-07
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143748090628601&w=2 2023-11-07
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050155601375&w=2 2023-11-07
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050254401665&w=2 2023-11-07
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050297101809&w=2 2023-11-07
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0715.html 2023-11-07
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0716.html 2023-11-07
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0752.html 2023-11-07
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1089.html 2023-11-07
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html 2023-11-07
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3197 2023-11-07
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:062 2023-11-07
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:063 2023-11-07
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2537-1 2023-11-07
https://access.redhat.com/articles/1384453 2016-12-15
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1196737 2016-12-15
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-11 2023-11-07
https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-15%3A06.openssl.asc 2023-11-07
https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20150319.txt 2023-11-07
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0209 2016-12-15
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Openssl
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Openssl
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<= 0.9.8ze
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Openssl
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Openssl
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1.0.0
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Openssl
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Openssl
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1.0.0a
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Openssl
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Openssl
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1.0.0b
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Openssl
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Openssl
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1.0.0c
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Openssl
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Openssl
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1.0.0d
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Openssl
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Openssl
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1.0.0e
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Openssl
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Openssl
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1.0.0f
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Openssl
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Openssl
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1.0.0g
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Openssl
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Openssl
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1.0.0h
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Openssl
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Openssl
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1.0.0i
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Openssl
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Openssl
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1.0.0j
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Openssl
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Openssl
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1.0.0k
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Openssl
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Openssl
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1.0.0l
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Openssl
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Openssl
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1.0.0m
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Openssl
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Openssl
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1.0.0n
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Openssl
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Openssl
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1.0.0o
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Openssl
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Openssl
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1.0.0p
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Openssl
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Openssl
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1.0.0q
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Openssl
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Openssl
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1.0.1
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Openssl
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Openssl
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1.0.1a
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Openssl
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Openssl
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1.0.1b
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Openssl
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Openssl
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1.0.1c
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Openssl
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Openssl
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1.0.1d
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Openssl
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Openssl
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1.0.1e
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Openssl
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Openssl
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1.0.1f
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Openssl
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Openssl
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1.0.1g
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Openssl
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Openssl
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1.0.1h
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Openssl
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Openssl
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1.0.1i
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Openssl
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Openssl
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1.0.1j
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Openssl
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Openssl
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1.0.1k
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Openssl
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Openssl
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1.0.1l
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Openssl
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Openssl
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1.0.2
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