Vulnerability in OpenSSL

CVE-2015-1791

Race condition in the ssl3_get_new_session_ticket function in ssl/s3_clnt.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.8zg, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0s, 1.0.1 before 1.0.1n, and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2b, when used for a multi-threaded client, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (double free and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by providing a NewSessionTicket during an attempt to reuse a ticket that had been obtained earlier.

Vulnerability class: Race Condition

Published · last modified .

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: 0.159 (96.8th percentile), scored .

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 96.8% 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-2015-1791: held from 0.160 to 0.159.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.160 · newest: 0.159 · change: -0.001

Affected products

  • OpenSSL — versions 1.0.0, 1.0.0a, 1.0.0b

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-1791?
CVE-2015-1791 is a vulnerability in OpenSSL, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). Published 2015-06-12.
Is CVE-2015-1791 known to be exploited?
10 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.