Vulnerability in OpenSSL

CVE-2015-0209

Use-after-free vulnerability in the d2i_ECPrivateKey function in crypto/ec/ec_asn1.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.8zf, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0r, 1.0.1 before 1.0.1m, and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2a might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed Elliptic Curve (EC) private-key file that is improperly handled during import.

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CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.163 (96.9th percentile), scored .

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 96.9% 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-2015-0209: held from 0.163 to 0.163.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.163 · newest: 0.163 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • OpenSSL — versions 1.0.0, 1.0.0a, 1.0.0b

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-0209?
CVE-2015-0209 is a vulnerability in OpenSSL. Published 2015-03-19.
Is CVE-2015-0209 known to be exploited?
4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.