Vulnerability in Wolfssl

CVE-2022-23408

wolfSSL 5.x before 5.1.1 uses non-random IV values in certain situations. This affects connections (without AEAD) using AES-CBC or DES3 with TLS 1.1 or 1.2 or DTLS 1.1 or 1.2. This occurs because of misplaced memory initialization in BuildMessage in internal.c.

EPSS: 0.014 (70.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-23408?
CVE-2022-23408 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Wolfssl, classified under Use of Insufficiently Random Values. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2022-01-18.
How severe is CVE-2022-23408?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-23408 known to be exploited?
3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.