Vulnerability in Openssl

CVE-2013-6450

The DTLS retransmission implementation in OpenSSL 1.0.0 before 1.0.0l and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1f does not properly maintain data structures for digest and encryption contexts, which might allow man-in-the-middle attackers to trigger the use of a different context and cause a denial of service (application crash) by interfering with packet delivery, related to ssl/d1_both.c and ssl/t1_enc.c.

Vulnerability class: POODLE (CVE-2014-3566)

EPSS: 0.145 (96.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Openssl — versions 1.0.0, 1.0.0a, 1.0.0b
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-6450?
CVE-2013-6450 is a vulnerability in Openssl, classified under Cryptographic Issues. Published 2014-01-01.
Is CVE-2013-6450 known to be exploited?
4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.