Vulnerability in OpenSSL
CVE-2014-3570
The BN_sqr implementation in OpenSSL before 0.9.8zd, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0p, and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1k does not properly calculate the square of a BIGNUM value, which might make it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms via unspecified vectors, related to crypto/bn/asm/mips.pl, crypto/bn/asm/x86_64-gcc.c, and crypto/bn/bn_asm.c.
Vulnerability class: POODLE (CVE-2014-3566)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.219 (97.6th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 97.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.219 · newest: 0.219 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- OpenSSL — versions 1.0.0a, 1.0.0b, 1.0.0c
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- marc.info/ (vendor-advisory)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00021.html (vendor-advisory)
- tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20150310… (vendor-advisory)
- marc.info/ (vendor-advisory)
- marc.info/ (vendor-advisory)
- support.apple.com/HT204659
- github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/a7a44ba55cb4f884c6bc9ceac90072dea38e66d0
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.html
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2015-2367953.html
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2014-3570?
- CVE-2014-3570 is a vulnerability in OpenSSL, classified under Cryptographic Issues. Published 2015-01-09.
- Is CVE-2014-3570 known to be exploited?
- 11 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.