Vulnerability in OpenSSL

CVE-2011-4577

OpenSSL before 0.9.8s and 1.x before 1.0.0f, when RFC 3779 support is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure) via an X.509 certificate containing certificate-extension data associated with (1) IP address blocks or (2) Autonomous System (AS) identifiers.

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CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.082 (94.7th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 94.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2011-4577: held from 0.082 to 0.082.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.082 · newest: 0.082 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • OpenSSL — versions 0.9.1c, 0.9.2b, 0.9.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2011-4577?
CVE-2011-4577 is a vulnerability in OpenSSL, classified under CWE-399. Published 2012-01-06.
Is CVE-2011-4577 known to be exploited?
5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.