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)

EPSS: 0.219 (97.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

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

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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.