Buffer overflow in Yassl

CVE-2008-0227

yaSSL 1.7.5 and earlier, as used in MySQL and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a Hello packet containing a large size value, which triggers a buffer over-read in the HASHwithTransform::Update function in hash.cpp.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.025 (83.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Yassl
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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