CVE-2009-3245 — Improper Input Validation in Openssl

CWE-20 — Improper Input ValidationCWE-252 — Unchecked Return ValueCWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference7 documents7 sources
Severity
10.0CRITICALNVD
EPSS
19.9%
top 4.53%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
OpensslDebian Openssl
Timeline
PublishedMar 5
Latest updateMay 2

Description

OpenSSL before 0.9.8m does not check for a NULL return value from bn_wexpand function calls in (1) crypto/bn/bn_div.c, (2) crypto/bn/bn_gf2m.c, (3) crypto/ec/ec2_smpl.c, and (4) engines/e_ubsec.c, which has unspecified impact and context-dependent attack vectors.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 10.0

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/openssl< openssl 0.9.8m-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianopenssl/openssl< 0.9.8m-1+3
▶NVDopenssl/openssl0.9.8l+12

Patches

Patch: marc.info ↗Patch: marc.info ↗Patch: marc.info ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-c5qh-p8w9-vjq7: OpenSSL before 0↗2022-05-02
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OSV
CVE-2009-3245: OpenSSL before 0↗2010-03-05
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
OpenSSL vulnerabilities↗2010-10-07
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Red Hat
openssl: missing bn_wexpand return value checks↗2010-02-23
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Debian
CVE-2009-3245: openssl - OpenSSL before 0.9.8m does not check for a NULL return value from bn_wexpand fun...↗2009
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2009-3245 openssl: missing bn_wexpand return value checks↗2010-03-05
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