Vulnerability in Openssl

CVE-2023-0286

There is a type confusion vulnerability relating to X.400 address processing inside an X.509 GeneralName. X.400 addresses were parsed as an ASN1_STRING but the public structure definition for GENERAL_NAME incorrectly specified the type of…

EPSS: 0.595 (99.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-0286?
CVE-2023-0286 is a high-severity vulnerability in Openssl, classified under Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type (Type Confusion). CVSS score: 7.4/10. Published 2023-02-08.
How severe is CVE-2023-0286?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-0286 known to be exploited?
24 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.