Vulnerability in Openssl

CVE-2021-4044

Internally libssl in OpenSSL calls X509_verify_cert() on the client side to verify a certificate supplied by a server. That function may return a negative return value to indicate an internal error (for example out of memory). Such a negat…

EPSS: 0.501 (98.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Openssl — versions Fixed in OpenSSL 3.0.1 (Affected 3.0.0)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-4044?
CVE-2021-4044 is a vulnerability in Openssl. Published 2021-12-14.
Is CVE-2021-4044 known to be exploited?
4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.