What is CVE-2023-6237?

CVE-2023-6237 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openssl, classified under CWE-606. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2024-04-25.

How severe is CVE-2023-6237?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-6237 known to be exploited?

5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Openssl

CVE-2023-6237

Issue summary: Checking excessively long invalid RSA public keys may take a long time. Impact summary: Applications that use the function EVP_PKEY_public_check() to check RSA public keys may experience long delays. Where the key that is b…

EPSS: 0.009 (76.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Openssl — versions 3.0.0, 3.1.0, 3.2.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-606

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-6237?: CVE-2023-6237 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openssl, classified under CWE-606. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2024-04-25.
How severe is CVE-2023-6237?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-6237 known to be exploited?: 5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.