Malicious Packet Sender Can Crash or Cause Out of Bounds Read
CVE-2024-0901

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Wolfssl

Status
Wolfssl
Vendor
CVE Published:
25 March 2024

What is CVE-2024-0901?

The vulnerability presents a risk of remotely executed SEGV and out of bounds read, which allows attackers to cause intentional crashes or access invalid memory segments. This exploit occurs through the transmission of malformed packets that adhere to specific length requirements. As a result, it poses a significant security risk for servers and applications utilizing affected wolfSSL versions. Proper validation of incoming packets is crucial to mitigate potential exploitation.

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Affected Version(s)

wolfSSL 3.12.2 <= 5.6.6

References

https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/issues/7089
https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/pull/7099

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Jiamin Yu
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