Severity
7.5HIGH
EPSS
20.6%
top 4.42%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedNov 1
Latest updateNov 8

Description

A buffer overrun can be triggered in X.509 certificate verification, specifically in name constraint checking. Note that this occurs after certificate chain signature verification and requires either a CA to have signed a malicious certificate or for an application to continue certificate verification despite failure to construct a path to a trusted issuer. An attacker can craft a malicious email address in a certificate to overflow an arbitrary number of bytes containing the `.' character (deci

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages6 packages

crates.ioopenssl-src300.0.0300.0.11
NVDnodejs/node.js18.0.018.11.0+2
CVEListV5openssl/openssl3.0.03.0.7
NVDopenssl/openssl3.0.03.0.7
Debianopenssl< 3.0.7-1+2

Also affects: Fedora 36, 37

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

5
GHSA
X.509 Email Address Variable Length Buffer Overflow2022-11-01
OSV
X.509 Email Address Variable Length Buffer Overflow2022-11-01
CVEList
X.509 Email Address Variable Length Buffer Overflow2022-11-01
OSV
CVE-2022-3786: A buffer overrun can be triggered in X2022-11-01
OSV
openssl vulnerabilities2022-11-01

📋Vendor Advisories

5
Microsoft
OpenSSL: CVE-2022-3786 X.509 certificate verification buffer overrun2022-11-08
Red Hat
OpenSSL: X.509 Email Address Variable Length Buffer Overflow2022-11-01
Ubuntu
OpenSSL vulnerabilities2022-11-01
Cisco
Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL Affecting Cisco Products: November 20222022-10-28
Debian
CVE-2022-3786: openssl - A buffer overrun can be triggered in X.509 certificate verification, specificall...2022

🕵️Threat Intelligence

12
Unit42
Threat Brief: CVE-2022-3786 and CVE-2022-3602: OpenSSL X.509 Buffer Overflows2022-11-03
Unit42
Threat Brief: CVE-2022-3786 and CVE-2022-3602: OpenSSL X.509 Buffer Overflows2022-11-03
Sentinelone
Everything You Need To Know About OpenSSL Vulnerabilities2022-11-02
Sentinelone
Everything You Need To Know About OpenSSL Vulnerabilities2022-11-02
Talos
Threat Advisory: High Severity OpenSSL Vulnerabilities2022-11-01
CVE-2022-3786 (HIGH CVSS 7.5) | A buffer overrun can be triggered i | cvebase.io