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)

EPSS: 0.078 (94.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Openssl — versions 0.9.7a, 0.9.6e, 0.9.7g
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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.