Vulnerability in OpenSSL
CVE-2010-0742
The Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) implementation in crypto/cms/cms_asn1.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.8o and 1.x before 1.0.0a does not properly handle structures that contain OriginatorInfo, which allows context-dependent attackers to modify invalid memory locations or conduct double-free attacks, and possibly execute arbitrary code, via unspecified vectors.
Vulnerability class: POODLE (CVE-2014-3566)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.078 (94.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 94.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.078 · newest: 0.078 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- OpenSSL — versions 0.9.7a, 0.9.6e, 0.9.7g
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- rt.openssl.org/Ticket/Display.html
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1313 (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/40024 (third-party-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/42724 (third-party-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12395 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/40502 (vdb-entry)
- marc.info/ (vendor-advisory)
- www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3105 (vdb-entry)
- lists.balabit.com/pipermail/syslog-ng-announce/2011-January/000101.html (mailing-list)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2010-0742?
- CVE-2010-0742 is a vulnerability in OpenSSL, classified under Cryptographic Issues. Published 2010-06-03.
- Is CVE-2010-0742 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.